Plato/Quotes

40 Famous Philosophical Quotes by Plato on Love, Politics, Knowledge and Power

Plato was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece. He is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy,

especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

ove is a serious mental disease. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe,

wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Only the dead have seen the end of war. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Man - a being in search of meaning. At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. The beginning is the most important part of the work.