Plato

Plato

Greek philosopher.

One of the most influential philosophers in history, he founded the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. His dialogues, featuring his mentor Socrates, explore profound questions about justice, virtue, the soul, and the nature of reality. He proposed the theory of ideal forms, influencing philosophical thought on metaphysics, ethics, and political theory for millennia.

Plato Quotes about Love

  • Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.
  • The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.
  • The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.