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Plato Quotes - Page 25

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The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling

The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy.

Plato, Philosophy, Drinking

Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.

Beautiful, Secret, Persons

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.901, e-artnow

Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.

Death, Night, Men

Plato (1947). “The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo”, p.44, Lulu.com

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

Life, Philosophy, Feelings

Plato, Robert Gregg Bury (1921). “Plato”

Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings... the men of old who gave things their names saw no disgrace or reproach in madness; otherwise they would not have connected it with the name of the noblest of arts, the art of discerning the future, and called it the manic art... So, according to the evidence provided by our ancestors, madness is a nobler thing than sober sense... madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.

Art, Blessing, Men

That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It shouldn't be the art of implanting sight in the organ, but should proceed on the understanding that the organ already has the capacity, but is improperly aligned and isn't facing the right way.

Teacher, Art, Sight

Time is the moving imago of the unmoving eternity.

Moving, Time Management, Management

Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.

Plato, Math, Kind

Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). “Education: Ends and Means”, p.25, University Press of America

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

Kindness, Men, Medicine

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”

And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth.

Love Is, Order, Earth

Plato (2016). “Symposium”, p.68, Plato

In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authority for laws but rather full authority for a man who understands the art of kingship and has kingly ability.

Art, Men, Law

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

Philosophical, Men, Realizing

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”

There is no other start to philosophy but wonder.

Philosophy, Wonder

Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.

Life, Sacrifice, Men

What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character of a man, if care be taken in the use of it? What is there cheaper or more innocent?

Taken, Wine, Character

Plato (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated)”, p.2694, Delphi Classics

He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change his patient's manner of life.

Men, Sick, Firsts

Plato, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Plato Collection [47 Books]”, p.3399, Catholic Way Publishing

Even the good artisans fell into the same error as the poets; because they were good workmen they thought that they also knew all sorts of high matters, and this defect in them overshadowed their wisdom.

Errors, Matter, Poet

Plato (2010). “The Works of Plato: The Trial and Death of Socrates”, p.108, Cosimo, Inc.

Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.

Wine, Boys, Fire

The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction-there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth.

Law, Evil, Would Be

Plato (1872). “Laws. Appendix: Lesser Hippias. First Alcibiades. Menexenus. Index of persons and places”, p.269

I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

Fool, Faults, Given

Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.155

Socrates isguilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing indeities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state.

Believe, Mind, Invention

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

Plato, Leader, Citizens

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one ... Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.

Life, Lying, Mean

The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.

Spiritual, Perfect, Design

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.

Memories, Reality, Wings

Plato, Alexander Nehamas, Paul Woodruff (1995). “Phaedrus”, p.37, Hackett Publishing

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