Quotes by Plato

About Plato:

Plato is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire oeuvre is believed to have survived intact for over 2500 years, and he is arguably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, writer in the entire Western canon.
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…A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN HIS HEART TO LEARNING AND TRUE WISDOM AND EXERCISED THAT PART OF HIMSELF IS SURELY BOUND, IF HE ATTAINS TO TRUTH, TO HAVE IMMORTAL AND DIVINE THOUGHTS, AND CANNOT FAIL TO ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY AS FULL AS IS PERMITTED TO HUMAN NAT...

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Writing is the geometry of the soul.

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The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.

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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

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Courage is knowing what not to fear.

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Courage is a kind of salvation.

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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

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Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.

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Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

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Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

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Author Bio

  • NamePlato
  • DescriptionClassical Greek philosopher
  • AliasesPlaton
  • Born427 BCE
  • Died347 BCE
  • CountryClassical Athens
  • ProfessionPhilosopher