Plato Math Quotations

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them.

He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.

God forever geometrizes.

Geometry existed before creation.

Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.