Plato Quotes


Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.


Citations

Plato. Poems from the Greek Anthology. Translated by Dudley Fitts, New Directions, 1956, p. 55.

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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.