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
believe looks active
We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know.
suffering injustice commit
It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one
dilemma knows
You don't know what you don't know.
order may profanity
Talk in order that I may see you.
teacher luxury people
Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
real danger-in-life evil
The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life.
life success wise
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.
love inspire desire
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love.
life-is life-worth-living worth-living
The examined life is the only life worth living.
moving assessment impact
Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period.
immortality
I have good hope that there is something remaining for the dead.
fruit flattery shows
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.
talking would-be impossible
If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded.
opposites all-things
Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?