As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.
Weitere Zitate von Plato
Zum Autor"The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines."
"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly."
"The tools that would teach men their own use would be beyond price."
"Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery."
"A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his senses and his reason has deserted him."
"... When someone sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he won't laugh mindlessly, but he'll take into consideration whether it has come from a brighter life and is dimmed through not having yet become accustomed to the dark or whether it has come from greater ignorance into greater light and is dazzled by the increased brillance."