Zitate von Platon
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Platon:
Ein tüchtiger Mann muß immer beides sein: leidenschaftlich und nachsichtig.
Informationen über Platon
Metaphysiker, Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Schüler von Sokrates, eine der bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Geistesgeschichte (Griechenland, 428 - 348 v. Chr.).
Platon · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Geboren am 10.10.-428 in Athen
Gestorben am 31.12.-348 in Athen
Sternzeichen: ♎ Waage
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Weitere 352 Zitate von Platon
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Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.
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This was the end, Echekrates, of our friend; a man of whom we may say that of all whom we met at that time he was the wisest and justest and best.
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Time is the image of eternity.
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To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
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Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always feeling suspicious shootings and swimmings in our heads, and we are prone to blame our studies for them.
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True philosophers are lovers of the vision of truth.
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Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted.
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Try to bear lightly what has to be done.
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Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.
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We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.
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Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
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What I say is that'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.
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What is the prime of life? May it not be defined as a period of about twenty years in a woman's life, and thirty in a man's?
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same income.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.
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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
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C'est aux magistrats exclusivement qu'il appartient de mentir pour tromper l'ennemi ou le citoyen pour le bien de la République. Le mensonge ne doit jamais être permis à d'autres.
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C'est cette force qui maintient en tout temps l'opinion juste et légitime sur ce qu'il faut craindre et ne pas craindre que j'appelle et définis courage.
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C'est déshonorer l'âme de la manière la plus réelle et la plus complète que de préférer la beauté à la vertu: car cette préférence donne au corps l'avantage sur l'âme.