柏拉图
外观
柏拉图(希腊语:Πλάτων,英语:Plato,约公元前427年—前347年)不仅是古希腊哲学,也是全部西方哲学乃至整个西方文化最伟大的哲学家和思想家之一。
语录
[编辑]- 没有反省的人生不值得活。
- 英译:The unexamined life is not worth living.
- 耐心是一切聪明才智的基础。
- 不知道自己的无知,乃是双倍的无知。
- 智者说话,是因为有些话要说;愚者说话,则因为要说些话。
- 英译:Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
- 音乐是一种道德律,它使宇宙有了魂魄,心灵有了翅膀,想像得以飞翔,使忧伤与欢乐有如醉如痴的力量,使一切事物有了生命;它是秩序的本质,引向成为真、善、美的一切。
- 英译:Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the minds, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just, and beautiful.
- 恋爱是一种严重的精神病。
- 上帝永远将一切几何化。
- 英译:God eternally geometrizes.
- 朋友都是有共通点的 (物以类聚)。
- 英译:Friends have all things in common.
- 当碰到了爱情,每个人都成了诗人。
- 英译:At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
- 和一个人玩一个小时对他的了解,胜过于一年的对谈。
- 英译:Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.
- 开始是工作最重要的一部分(赢在起跑点/好的开始就成功了一半)。
- 英译:The beginning is the most important part of the work.
- 眼睛是灵魂之窗。
- 英译:The eyes which are the windows of the soul.
- 好人不需要法律告知他们负起责任,恶人总是绕法律边缘而行。
- 英译:Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
- 衡量一个人得看他拥有力量时的所做所为/衡量一个人得看他用自己的力量做了什么。
- 英译:The measure of a man is what he does with power.
- 一切背离了公正的知识都应叫做狡诈,而不应称为智慧。