Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither ….
A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers..
Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble..
A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and t….
Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle..
No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul.
Love is a grave mental illness..
Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough..
[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion..
Putting the shoe on the wrong foot..
As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves..
[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a lack of energy ….
We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body..
... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest ….
When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness..
The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes..
Abstinence is the surety of temperance..
And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost i….
If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange..
If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection.
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable..