Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happe….
Friends should have all things in common..
For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it away from things here to higher ….
We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell..
My plainness of speech makes people hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth..
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself..
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty..
It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the excellence of a good soul makes the ….
Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are ….
. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who have not made it themselves, while those who have are ….
Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline operates by being dif….
Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and ….
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles..
Man was not made for himself alone.
When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility..
I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts..
An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation..
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another..
Love is the pursuit of the whole..
States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers..
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.