Man - a being in search of meaning.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy passes into despotism.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

The good is the beautiful.

The good is the beautiful.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.