Plato
427–347 BCE
Greek philosopher
Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here.
TOPICS: geometry
He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.
TOPICS: none
Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.
TOPICS: numbers
Geometry existed before the creation.
TOPICS: geometry
God ever geometrizes.
No nature except an extraordinary one could ever easily formulate a theory.
TOPICS: theory
He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant that the diagonal of a square is incommensurate with its side.
TOPICS: none
Then, my noble friend, geometry will draw the soul towards truth, and create the spirit of philosophy, and raise up that which is now unhappily allowed to fall down.
TOPICS: geometry
SOURCE: The Republic, VII. 522-528, “Quadrivium”