Plato
Plato was a seminal Greek philosopher, born around 427 BC in Athens. A student of Socrates and teacher to Aristotle, he founded the Academy, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning. Plato's dialogues explore justice, beauty, equality, and the nature of reality, with works like "The Republic" profoundly influencing Western thought. His philosophical contributions continue to shape ethics, politics, and metaphysics today.
Book summaries for books written by Plato
Quotes
Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Love is a madness that only the gods inflict on us.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.
Love is the desire to possess the good forever.
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a philosopher.
We are torn apart by the most contrary desires, as though we had been two men.
What is honored in a country is cultivated there.
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
There is no such thing as a lover's oath.