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
attention pay way
The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.
courage mistake spirit
It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.
ignorance evil religion
There is but one evil, ignorance.
education
An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.
life truth cheer
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death
live-well wells
To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.
love beautiful may
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
atheism argument
Follow the argument wherever it leads.
ignorant wheat problem
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
drinking people cooking
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
philosophical envy neighbor
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
war philosophical greed
Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.
ignorance knowing-nothing facts
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
inspirational believe men
If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.