Socrates
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greekphilosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it is unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is "hidden behind his 'best disciple', Plato"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
communication mean sleep
God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.
stupidity knows
The more I know, the more I know that I don't know.
years snow lasts
It was far too cold. The second I got out I had this incredible headache, I'm just not used to it. The last time I saw snow was years and years ago.
soul virtue
Virtue is the beauty of the soul.
knows
I know that I know nothing.
divinity divine
My divine sign indicates the future to me.
beautiful mean beautiful-things
By means of beauty all beautiful things become beautiful.
want weeping
Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
justice
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
differences embrace temperance
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and avoids it, is learned and temperate.
knowing-nothing ancient-greek knows
I know one thing, that I know nothing.
perfection together humans
The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.
citizens world athens
I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.
money men greed
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.