名人名言|在名人的激励下记单词—柏拉图篇

柏拉图在西方哲学的历史地位几乎无人能企及，他的著作和思想对后世有着极其巨大的影响。在西方哲学的每个学派中，非常难找到没吸收过他的著作的学派。有些哲学史家觉得，直到近代，西方哲学才渐渐摆脱了柏拉图思想的控制。

下面摘选出柏拉图的20句名言，期望这位伟大哲人的思想能勉励大家奋斗不息。

1 The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful^{1 and vile2.
Victory:胜利
Conquer:征服；战胜
Vile:可鄙的；}

2. To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
Educated:有教养的
Disciplined:练习有素的；有纪律的

3. Rhetoric^{3 is the art of ruling the minds of men.
Rhetoric:修辞学}

4. Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy^{4 of great anxiety.
Affair:事情；事件
Anxiety:焦虑}

5. I exhort^{5 you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
Exhort:勉励；劝诫
Combat:战斗
Earthly:世俗的
Conflict:冲突；争斗}

6. I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Accident:偶然

7. If a man neglects education, he walks lame^{6 to the end of his life.
Neglect:
Lame:瘸腿的}

8. It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn^{7.
Sojourn:（书面语）逗留}

9. Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
Acquire:获得
Compulsion: 强迫

10. Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement^{8 of the Gods.
Amazement:惊奇； 动词amaze}

11. No law or ordinance^{9 is mightier10 than understanding.
Ordinance:命令}

12. He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition^{11 youth and age are equally a burden.
Disposition:性情；风韵}

13. All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling^{12 with anything else.
Superior:优良的；高级的
Meddle:干预
Occupation:职业}

14. Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation^{13.
prosperous: 富足的；兴盛的；
Abundant:充裕的
Cultivation:耕耘； 动词 cultivate}

15. Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards^{14 and leads us from this world to another.
Astronomy:天文学
Compel:促进；驱使}

16. Attention to health is lifes greatest hindrance^{15.
Hindrance:妨碍}

17. Courage is a kind of salvation^{16.
salvation:救赎；拯救}

18. For good nurture^{17 and education implant18 good constitutions.
Nurture:培养
Implant:注入
Constitution:性格；素质}

19. People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt^{19 your growth and make you wilt20 and die.
Nourish:滋养
Stunt:妨碍
Wilt:凋零}

20. Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence^{21.
Bequeath:遗赠
Reverence:尊敬}