21 Intriguing Quotes From Plato That You Should Read Today

“Character is simply habit long continued.”

Plato was a Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. He founded the Academy, an educational institution in which many notable figures studied in.

The term “Platonic” love is derived from his name. Along with that, most of what we know about Socrates comes from Plato’s dialogues.

He saw things in the world that had three parts. His theory about how a society works had a ruling class, warriors, and workers. He thought that the human soul was made up of three things: reason, spirit, and hunger.

He was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. Here are 21 of his quotes that still resonate today.

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

A year of talking to someone might not tell you as much about them as an hour of watching a play. This is because a person is aware of what they are saying and can think ahead of time about what to say and what not to say.

Because of this, he can keep fooling someone for a long time. But, to mind your actions all the time is difficult and…