Plato BIO » 3 sources by this author »Plato Πλάτων Plátōn (c. 21 May? 427 BC – c. 347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens.
hide At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
I would teach the children music, physics and philosophy, but the most important is music, for in the patterns of the arts are the keys to all learning.
Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
No human thing is of serious importance.
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics, is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
