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Plato Quotes - Page 20

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Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had an arithmetical training, although they may derive no other advantage from

Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had an arithmetical training, although they may derive no other advantage from it, always become much quicker than they would have been.

Plato, Natural Talent, Training

Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.

Equality, Delight

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Life, Wise, Wisdom

If we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself.

Soul, Body, Contemplating

Phaedo, 66d (translated by H Tredennick).

What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

Inspirational, Party, Mean

And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who deprives himself by violence of his appointed share of life. Not because the law of the state requires him. Nor yet under the compulsion of some painful and inevitable misfortune which has come upon him. Nor because he has had to suffer from irremediable and intolerable shame, but who from sloth or want of manliness imposes upon himself an unjust penalty.

Suicide, Suicidal, Mean

Plato (2015). “The Complete Plato”, p.1764, Booklassic

O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall go to worse souls, or if better to the better... In every succession of life and death, you will do and suffer what like may fitly suffer at the hands of like. This is the justice of heaven.

Karma, Men, Hands

Plato (2015). “Plato: The Complete Works: From the greatest Greek philosopher, known for The Republic, Symposium, Apology, Phaedrus, Laws, Crito, Phaedo, Timaeus, Meno, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Parmenides, Protagoras, Statesman and Critias”, p.2808, e-artnow

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

Ignorance, Skills, Judging

In things which we know, everyone will trust us ... and we may do as we please, and no one will like to interfere with us; and we are free, and masters of others; and these things will be really ours, for we shall turn them to our good.

Knowledge, May, Masters

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

Philosophical, Age, Action

Plato (2010). “The Works of Plato: The Trial and Death of Socrates”, p.13, Cosimo, Inc.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

Plato, War, Cities

Plato (1977). “The Portable Plato”, p.252, Penguin

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Lying, Philosophical, Liberty

Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

Silence, Music Is

Their military training will ensure success in war, but they must maintain unity by not allowing the state to grow to large, and by ensuring that the measures for promotion and demotion from one class to another are carried out. Above all they must maintain the educational system unchanged; for on education everything else depends, and it is an illusion to imagine that mere legislation without it can effect anything of consequence.

Military, War, Educational

And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives as not to abuse or waste the reputation of your ancestors, knowing that to a man who has any self-respect, nothing is more dishonourable than to be honoured, not for his own sake, but on account of the reputation of his ancestors.

Plato, Men, Self

Plato (2015). “The Complete Plato”, p.310, Lulu.com

The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the sake of use and profit.

Children, Parent, Use

Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.235, Aegitas

You must base the Wisdom on Love.

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

Wine, Men, Granted

I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

Life And Death, Greek, Departure

Plato “Writings of Plato”, Lulu.com

No one punishes the evil-doer under the notion, or for the reason, that he has done wrong -- only the unreasonable fury of a beast acts in that way. But he who desires to inflict rational punishment does not retaliate for a past wrong, for that which is done cannot be undone, but he has regard to the future, and is desirous that the man who is punished, and he who sees him punished, may be deterred from doing wrong again.

Past, Men, Evil

Adultery is the injury of nature.

Adultery, Injury

This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.

Nature, Soul, World

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

Political, Wish, Citizens

What essence is to generation, that truth is to belief.

Truth, Essence, Generations

I must yield to you, for you are irresistible.

Teaching, Yield, Irresistible

Plato (2015). “The Complete Plato”, p.370, Booklassic

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