Essence Quote by N.D. Wilson
“Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure and lovely, where nothing ever gets muddy (including the essence of mud.)”
![“Socrates (770-399 B.C.[E.]) is possibly the most enigmatic figure in the entire history of philosophy. He never wrote a single line. Yet he is one of the philosophers who has had the greatest influence on European thought, not least because of the dramatic manner of his death.” quote by Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/402/jostein-gaarder-676_history_socrates-770-399-b-c-e-is-possibly-the-m_811167.jpg)
![“Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.” quote by Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8b9/plato-103_affection_wonder-said-socrates-is-very-much-the-af_548957.jpg)
