Plato

Greek philosopher

Plato (428 – 348 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.

2 Quotes by Plato

"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."

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