Plato Quotes About Atheism

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  • There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.

  • Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power.

    Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”
  • For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

    Plato (1934). “The Laws of Plato”
  • Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.

    Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”
  • No one ever dies an atheist.

  • The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

  • Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?

  • A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.

    Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.285, Cosimo, Inc.
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Plato

  • Born: 428 BC
  • Died: 348 BC
  • Occupation: Philosopher