Plato Quotes About Simplicity

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  • What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.

    Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.485, Xist Publishing
  • Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly.

    Plato (2013). “The Republic: A Socratic Dialogue Concerning the Definition of Justice and the Order and Character of the Just City-State and the Just Man (Beloved Books Edition)”, p.322, Lulu Press, Inc
  • Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.

    Plato (2012). “The Republic and Other Works”, p.89, Anchor
  • In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.

  • The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

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Plato

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