Platonism Quotes

Quotes from Plato and other Platonic philosophers. Platonist and a lover of wisdom. Author of Discovering the Beauty of Wisdom/Prometheus Trust, publisher

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"virtue, either in whole or in part, is wisdom" #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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When people are so confused about a subject, can you say that they are in a true sense teachers? #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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So we may say in general that the goodness of non-spiritual assets depends on our spiritual character, and the goodness of that on wisdom. #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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And may we define ignorance as having a false opinion and being mistaken on matters of great moment? #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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No one can interrogate poets about what they say, and most often when they are introduced into the discussion some say the poet's meaning is one thing and some another, for the topic is one on which nobody can produce a conclusive argument. #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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it is among the most powerful that you find the superlatively wicked #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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"We entrust the comprehension of transcendent Forms to the pure and divine intuitions of the soul and say that Plato declares things Here to be homonymous with things There, and homonymous in the sense of participating in them." #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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"No one who is not utterly irrational and cowardly is afraid of the mere act of dying; it is evil-doing that he fears. For to arrive in the other world with a soul surcharged with many wicked deeds is the worst of all evils." #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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"[S]ince the soul is clearly immortal, it can have no escape or security from evil except by becoming as good and wise as it possibly can. For it takes nothing with it to the next world except its education and training" #platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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"pursuing the truth I shall really endeavor both to live and, when death comes, to die, as good a man as I possibly can be" #Platonism #philosophy #spirituality

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"the divine creates by virtue of its simple existence" #Platonism #Philosophy #Spirituality

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"[M]ost people are unaware that you cannot hit upon truth and gain understanding without ranging in this way over the whole field." #Platonism #Philosophy #Spirituality

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"if philosophy appears to you such as I think it to be, take courage, pursue it, and practice it" #Platonism #Philosophy #Spirituality

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"each takes pleasure in the words that appeal to his own character, but dislikes those that appeal to another's" #Philosophy #Spirituality #Platonism

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[S]hall we let it through, and thus accept our own and others' statement, and agree to an assertion simply when somebody says that a thing is so? #Platonism #Philosophy #Spirituality

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"I will say of the unjust..." #Platonism #Philosophy #Spirituality

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"It is as if a man were acquiring the knowledge of the humors and desires of a great strong beast which he had in his keeping..." #Platonism #Philosophy #Spirituality