Plato Quotes


Human beings have Love for one another inborn in them - Love, reassembler of our ancient nature, who tries to make one out of two and to heal human nature.


Citations

Plato. Symposium. Translated by Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff, Hackett Publishing, 1989, p. 26.

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Plato
Plato
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  • Nationality: Greek
  • Profession: Philosopher

Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/ PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, pronounced [plá.tɔːn] in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.