Påtvungen kunnskap blir aldri sjelens varige eie.
Fra dialogen Staten (ca. 377 - 386 f.v.t.).
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
(Socrates:) And, therefore, calculation and geometry and all the other elements of instruction, which are a preparation for dialectic, should be presented to the mind in childhood; not, however, under any notion of forcing our system of education.
(Glaucon:) Why not?
Because a freeman ought not to be a slave in the acquisition of knowledge of any kind. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Nasjonalitet: gresk
Tittel: filosof
Levde: 427 - 347 f.v.t.
Platon er en av de mest betydningsfulle filosofer i historien. I år 387 f.Kr. grunnla han en filosofiskole i Athen. Den fikk navnet Akademiet etter en lund viet den greske sagnhelten Akademos.