Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet….
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their money, not merel….
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like….
Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visi….
The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price..
Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here..
Science is nothing but perception..
A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers..
Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness..
...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone..
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly..
The Earth is like one of those balls made of twelve pieces of skin..
I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to each other..
Let nobody speak mischief of anybody..
When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one..
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?.
[Aristotle] was the most eminent of all the pupils of Plato.... He seceded from Plato while he was still alive; so that they tell a story that [Plato….
That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in the study of philosophy appea….
I fear this is not the right exchange to attain virtue, to exchange pleasures for pleasures, pains for pains and fears for fears, the greater for the….
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and chara….
The greatest wealth is to live content with little..