When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one. Plato More Quotes by Plato More Quotes From Plato Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. Plato heart war peace No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death. Plato philosophical evil men Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them. Plato plato men lying When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing; but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good; for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil. Plato good-and-evil evil desire Love is a madness produced by an unsatisfiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world. Plato desire love-is world The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity. Plato divine-order divinity philosopher ...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued. Plato good-life life-is ...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone. Plato words-of-wisdom political philosophy You must base the Wisdom on Love. Plato What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way. Plato handsome naked beautiful When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision. Plato eye beautiful beauty Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell. Plato democracy freedom glory And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst? Plato mind education may The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings. Plato men mean art And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven...Last of all he will be able to see the sun. Plato stars plato men The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greatest injury to the dead man, at the very beginning of his journey hither. Plato other-worlds journey men No town can live peacefully whatever its laws when its citizens do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in the cares of love Plato citizens care law Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. Plato censure injustice suffering No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. Plato teach plato want Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly. Plato body soul looks
