Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
Your dog is your only philosopher..
Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in nothing but wha….
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affectin….
...the Gods too love a joke..
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the prom….
You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?.
As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy..
I should not like to say ... that any kind of knowledge is not to be learned; for all knowledge appears to be a good..
. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble an….
All wars are fought for the sake of getting money..
Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude..
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who deprives himself by violence of h….
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens..
Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars….
The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be s….
The greater part of instruction is being reminded of things you already know..
Wise men speak because they have something to say.
Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers..
And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of education you p….
And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean ….
If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly..