...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.
The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.
Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
We do not learn, and that what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them.
It is right to give every man his due.