Plato says: “Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the…
Plato says: “To be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not; it is to think that one knows what one does not know. No one knows with regard to death…
Plato says: “This image of eternity is what we have come to call “time”, since along with the creation of the universe he devised and created days, nights, months, and years, which did not exist before the creation of the…
Plato says: “Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”
Plato says: “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
Plato says: “There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”
Plato says: “The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one’s education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else…
Plato says: “The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers…
Plato says: “The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.”
Plato says: “The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and…