Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet..
For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy..
...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen..
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding..
Our need will be the real creator..
As the government is, such will be the man..
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who h….
It is right to give every man his due..
But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, ….
That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation a….
O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall go to worse souls, or if better to the b….
Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better than that which the experience of t….
Adultery is the injury of nature..
Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power..
Madness is a divine release of the soul from the yoke of custom and convention..
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character….
Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk..
This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, whi….
Kindness which is bestowed on the good is never lost..
To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise….
The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit..