God is a geometrician.

The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some divine dispensation, those who rule and have political authority in the cities become real philosophers.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty.

The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.

It is right to give every man his due.