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Plato Quotes - Page 24

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The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.

The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.

Horse, Soul, Unions

Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of money or power, he neglect justice and virtue?

Men, Issues, Justice

Plato, Benjamin Jowett (2007). “Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, The Republic”, p.448, Courier Corporation

In the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.

Education, Ideas, Effort

Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). “Education: Ends and Means”, p.19, University Press of America

The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.

Plato (1873). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.200

The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.

Beautiful, Proportion, Courses

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

Heart, Reality, Words Of Wisdom

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not

Eye, Giving, Conversion

Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.352

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.

Country, Men, Practice

Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.162, Cosimo, Inc.

It is right to give every man his due.

Men, Giving, Dues

What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy.

Philosophy, Real, Twilight

In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still capable of it? to which he replied, Hush! if you please: to my great delight I have escaped from it, and feel as if I had escaped from a frantic and savage master. I thought then, as I do now, that he spoke wisely. For unquestionably old age brings us profound repose and freedom from this and other passions.

Love, Plato, Passion

Plato (1866). “The Republic of Plato, translated into English, with an introduction, analysis, and notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan”, p.3

Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?

Religion, Atheism, Moral

The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.

Drones, Bees, Idle

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.

Plato, Men, Would Be

Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.257, Xist Publishing

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

Music, Plato, Political

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

Plato, Math, Understanding

The prison of lust is just that very one of which the soul shuts the doors upon herself; for each act of indulgence is the shooting of a fresh bolt.

Doors, Soul, Lust

Plato, Richard Dacre Archer-Hind (1973). “The Phaedo of Plato”, Ayer Co Pub

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

Men, May, Happens

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And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportunities to sleep with a woman; this will give us a pretext for ensuring that most of our children are born of that parent.

Children, War, Sleep

Plato, Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (1987). “The Republic”

That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

Becoming, Helping, Opinion

Plato (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated)”, p.2120, Delphi Classics

Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.

Children, Compulsion, Train

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

Believe, Higher, Accusers

Plato (2010). “The Works of Plato: The Trial and Death of Socrates”, p.126, Cosimo, Inc.

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.

Love, Needs, Hunger And Thirst

Writing is the geometry of the soul.

Writing, Soul, Geometry

If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.

Wise, Kindness, Men

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