philosophy Quotes

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Knowledge is true opinion.

Science is nothing but perception.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

The good is the beautiful.