100 definitions
Plato: top 100 quotes
100 definitions on 38 concepts
The Philosopher (n.) is a lover of the vision of truth.
The Philosopher (n.) desires to discern the truth.
Time (n.) is that eternal thing which temporal events are oriented towards.
Time (n.) is the moving imago of the unmoving eternity.
Time (n.) is a 'moving image of eternity', distinguishing between eternal time which 'rests in unity' and the time of 'those states which affect moving and sensible things of which generation is the cause'.
Time (n.) is itself a kind of clock, not just the passage of events, but a standard by which that passage can be measured.
Justice (n.) is minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Justice (n.) is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.
Justice (n.) is at the intersection of the question 'is justice good in itself, or is the fear of retribution our only reason to be just'.
Justice (n.) is having and doing what is one's own.
Justice (n.) is performing that task for society which is in accordance with one's natural abilities.
Justice (n.) is possible in the state only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Justice (n.) is related to duties. It is a spiritual virtue of individuals, and of one's inner self and comes down to the performance of one's duties to the best of one's abilities and capacities.
Justice (n.) is no more than lively fear that our belongings will be taken away
Justice (n.) is never able to be directly seen, only embodied in imperfect instances of itself.
Justice (n.) is effective coordination in a society.
Thinking (n.) is the talking of the soul with itself.
Being (n.) is the least meaningful predicate of all, because it is the one that has the greatest extension. His concern is with the good beyond being.
Mathematics (n.) is not only the mediator between the ideas and the things of sense... the mathematical order is the true account of the nature of reality.
Love (n.) is a serious mental disease.
Love (n.) is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.
Love (n.) is of the qualities that are recognized as good, rather than for the person in whom those qualities are instantiated. Love for one's beloved is for the utility that the beloved can provide in delivering to the lover the happiness that is the driver of love.
Love (n.) is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Love (n.) is a serious form of madness.
Art (n.) is all about mimesis, imitation of reality (which itself is an imitation of the transcendent realm) and thus it is but a copy, and its value is thus, that of a dubious imitation of an imitations.
Art (n.) is neither particularly useful (the painting of a bed is no good to sleep on), nor, in the strict sense, true.