Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers..
And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?.
Socrates isguilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing indeities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state..
As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all..
The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them..
The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets..
Aspiring minds must sometimes sustain loss..
I must yield to you, for you are irresistible..
Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them..
Love is a great spirit. Everything spiritual is in between god and mortal..
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age.
The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other ….
There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and….
All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place..