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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

• The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile.

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

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• The life that is unexamined is not worth living.

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• The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.

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• The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

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• The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.

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• The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

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• The most virtuous of all men is he that contents himself with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

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• The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.

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• The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness . . . This and no other is the root from which a tyranny springs.

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• The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of bad men.

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• The rich have many consolations.

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• The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging.

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• The true creator is necessity, which is the mother of our invention.

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• The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

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• The wisest have the most authority.

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• The world is God's epistle to mankind - his thoughts are flashing upon us from every direction.

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• The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

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• There are many arts among men, the knowledge of which is acquired bit by bit by experience. For it is experience that causeth our life to move forward by the skill we acquire, while want of experience subjects us to the effects of chance.

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• There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts . . . wealth . . . and poverty. Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

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