Knowledge
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens in 428/427 BC. He was a student of Socrates and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's writings cover a wide range of topics, including ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology. He is best known for his theory of Forms, which holds that the objects of our experience are imperfect copies of eternal, unchanging Forms. Plato's work has had a profound influence on Western thought, and he is considered one of the most important philosophers in history.
Here are some additional details about Plato's life and work:
* Plato's father was Ariston, a wealthy aristocrat, and his mother was Perictione, a descendant of the Athenian statesman Solon.
* Plato was a student of Socrates for many years, and he was deeply influenced by his teacher's ideas.
* After Socrates' death, Plato traveled extensively throughout Greece and Italy.
* In 387 BC, Plato founded the Academy in Athens, where he taught for the rest of his life.
* Plato wrote over 30 dialogues, which are considered to be some of the most important works of philosophy ever written.
* Plato's work has had a profound influence on Western thought, and he is considered one of the most important philosophers in history.
Here are some additional details about Plato's life and work:
* Plato's father was Ariston, a wealthy aristocrat, and his mother was Perictione, a descendant of the Athenian statesman Solon.
* Plato was a student of Socrates for many years, and he was deeply influenced by his teacher's ideas.
* After Socrates' death, Plato traveled extensively throughout Greece and Italy.
* In 387 BC, Plato founded the Academy in Athens, where he taught for the rest of his life.
* Plato wrote over 30 dialogues, which are considered to be some of the most important works of philosophy ever written.
* Plato's work has had a profound influence on Western thought, and he is considered one of the most important philosophers in history.
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Wisdom
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For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.
Writing
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
Life Lessons
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Inspirational
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
Wisdom
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I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.
Love
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Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
Truth
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You should not honor men more than truth.
Knowledge
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
Love
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You're my Star, a stargazer too,and I wish that I were Heaven,with a billion eyes to look at you!
Education
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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