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
real real-knowledge
Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge
girl thinking people
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.
order individual humans
The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.
wells
Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
knowing true-knowledge self-awareness
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
wisdom people force
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
life memorial-day character
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
hurt philosophical hurt-me
Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
moderation including all-things
All things in moderation, including moderation.
airplane men flying
Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.
want weeping
Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
live-well wells one-thing
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
cheer other-worlds may
He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world.
cheer journey men
And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels - temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth - she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.