My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.
I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me.
The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.
The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.
