Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth..
Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony..
It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged. They have been over the road that all of us must travel, and know where it is rough and difficu….
You ought not to heal the body without the soul, for this is the great error of our day in treating the human body..
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light..
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder..
The worst form of injustice is pretended justice..
The proud man is forsaken of God..
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous..
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom ….
No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well..
The most important stage of any enterprise is the beginning..
A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim..
The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not..
Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes..
But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death. And now I,….
For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms... out of that he should create fair thoughts; and soon he will of ….
More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else..
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational t….
No soul willfully does wrong..
Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less….