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Plato Quotes - Page 27

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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.

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

Wise, Plato, Men

For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms... out of that he should create fair thoughts; and soon he will of himself perceive that the beauty of one form is akin to the beauty of another, and that beauty in every form is one and the same.

Beauty, Beautiful, Youth

Plato (2013). “Dialogues of Plato”, p.316, Simon and Schuster

What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.

Beautiful, Naked, Handsome

The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference between men and women is one of physical function- one begets, the other bears children. Apart from that, they both can and should perform the same functions - though men on a whole, perform them better and should receive the same education to enable them to do so; for in this way society will get the best value from both.

Children, Men, Differences

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.

Men, Order, Law

Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.227, Cosimo, Inc.

Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people.

People, Language, Mathematics

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them

Men, Giving, Honor

Plato, Francis Macdonald Cornford, Alfred Edward Taylor (1985). “The banquet (also known as The symposium)”

He who has followed the path of love's initiation in the proper order will on arriving at the end suddenly perceive a marvelous beauty, the source of all our efforts

Order, Effort, Arriving

But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than any other part of him, must have thoughts immortal and divine. If he attain truth, and in so far as human nature is capable of sharing in immortality, he must altogether be immortal.

Science, Religion, Human Nature

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.1959, e-artnow

All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.

Fate, All Things

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”

Geometry draws the soul towards truth.

Soul, Geometry, Draws

Plato (2001). “Plato's Republic: The Theatre of the Mind”, p.273, Agora Publications, Inc.

When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing; but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good; for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil.

Evil, Desire, Good And Evil

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.307, e-artnow

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

Children, Childhood, Mind

Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better than that which the experience of the past has already discovered, which consists, I believe, in gymnastic, for the body, and music for the mind.

Music, Education, Plato

Plato, John Llewelyn DAVIES, David James VAUGHAN (1866). “The Republic of Plato, translated into English, with an introduction, analysis, and notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan”, p.64

But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.

Sports, Children, Self

Plato (2016). “The Complete Works of Plato (Unabridged): 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.2702, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.

Government, Truth Is, States

Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). “Education: Ends and Means”, p.21, University Press of America

The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien.

Dog, Opposites, People

So the well educated man can learn to sing and dance well.

Dance, Men, Dancing

Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.

Leadership, Sports, Use

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

Mistake, Men, Evil

Plato, Richard Stanley Bluck (1955). “Phaedo: Translated, with Introd., Notes, and Appendices”

No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul

Soul, Body, Made

Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power.

Men, Atheism, Divine Power

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”

Both poverty and wealth, therefore, have a bad effect on the quality of the work and the workman himself. Wealth and poverty, I answered. One produces luxury and idleness and a passion for novelty, the other meanness and bad workmanship and revolution into the bargain.

Passion, Luxury, Political

The race of the guardians must be kept pure.

Race, Guardian, Pure

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Funny, Cities, Citizens

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