Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

Topics: Plato Quotes

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

The good is the beautiful.

The good is the beautiful.

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is...

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...