Plato's 15 Quotes: Reflections on Truth, Knowledge, and Morality

A collection of quotes from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who said, "The pursuit of knowledge and truth should lead us toward moral perfection.

Quote of the Day: Embracing Truth and Knowledge, Plato's Reflection on Life's Tragedy

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark ; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

- Plato -

Today's quote is from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato: "The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light," where "light" means knowledge and truth. Plato's quote means that humans should be free from fear of truth or knowledge, and that fear is the real tragedy of life. It is very important to have the courage to move towards truth and knowledge.

⊙ Plato's Quotes: What is Knowledge and Ignorance?

• The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. - Plato

• Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. - Plato

• The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. - Plato

• I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. - Plato

⊙ Plato Quotes: The Definition of Knowledge

• Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. - Plato

• A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato

• Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. - Plato

• Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. - Plato

• Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. - Plato

⊙ Plato Quotes: Knowledge, Truth, and Morality

• Knowledge is true opinion. - Plato

• Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. - Plato

• Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge. - Plato

• Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. - Plato

• Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. - Plato

⊙ Who was Plato?

Plato (427 BC - 348 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy, and an innovator of the written dialogues and the dialectic form. He raised issues that would later develop into all the major branches of theoretical and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic school in Athens, where he taught the theory later known as Platonism.

Plato's most famous contribution is his theory of metaphysics (or the Ideas), which has been interpreted as a solution to what is now known as the universal problem. He was greatly influenced by former Socratic thinkers such as Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, but much of the information about them is derived primarily from Plato.

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