Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?.
'But surely "blind" is just how you would describe men who have no true knowledge of reality, and no clear standard in their mind to refer to, as a p….
And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but th….
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosoph….
It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other….
Geometry draws the soul towards truth..
It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul..
Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not..
Writing is the geometry of the soul..
Let no one destitute of geometry enter my doors..
True friendship can exist only between equals..
Time is the moving imago of the unmoving eternity..
Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love..
Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue..
Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient..
The good are like one another, and friends to one another; and ... the bad, as is often said of them, are never at unity with one another or with the….
What if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,... ….
Those who tell the stories rule society..
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any..
Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain..
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 h….