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Plato Quotes - Page 34

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For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him.

For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him.

Mind, Able, Inspired

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When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

Often Is, Benefits, May

Plato, Aeterna Press (2015). “Laws”, p.481, Aeterna Press

A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful.

Language, Discourse, Subjects

Plato, R. Hackforth (1952). “Plato: Phaedrus”, p.161, Cambridge University Press

Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?

Wise, Mob Rule, Watches

Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.

Truth, Men, Order

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”

For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?

Mean, Mind, Poet

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.242, e-artnow

Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.

Plato, Ignorance, Science

The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.

Purpose, Deities, Miserable

To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.

Art, Learning, Wine

Plato (1871). “Gorgias. Philebus. Parmenides. Theaetetus. Sophist. Statesman”, p.106

My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

Philosophical, Good Friend, Caring

Plato (1949). “Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, and the Death Scene from Phaedo”

He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.

Plato, Math, Men

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay

Names, Challenges, Decay

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

Wise, Thinking, Gentleman

Plato (2002). “Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo”, p.33, Hackett Publishing

Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine.

Maids, Nine, Muse

Man is a biped without feathers.

Men, Feathers

SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS: And how am I to convince you, he said, if you are not already convinced by what I have just said; what more can I do for you? Would you have me put the proof bodily into your souls?

Convince Us, Justice, Soul

Plato (1892). “Republic. Timaeus. Critias”

The God of Love lives in a state of need.

Love Life, Needs, Hunger And Thirst

The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.

Angel, Wings, Heavy

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

Sad Love, Lovers, Getting Over You

Plato (2012). “Symposium and Phaedrus”, p.18, Courier Corporation

Science is nothing but perception.

Plato, Philosophical, Science

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”

Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.

Animal, Men, Two

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Wisdom, Philosophical, Mimicking

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Philosophical, Animal, Men

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the conversation of the good, and be cut off from them, and cleave to and follow after the company of the bad.

Cutting, Men, Evil

Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.98, Cosimo, Inc.

The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.

Plato, Math, Branches

Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.413, Xist Publishing

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