Quote of Plato - The learning and knowledge that we...
Biography - Plato:
Greek philosopher (Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -428 - Died: -348
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Born: -428 - Died: -348
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
See also...
Quotes about ignorance:
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.
Quotes for: knowledge
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Plato also said...
The chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule.
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