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
good-woman rest-of-your-life philosopher
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher
ridiculous uncertain certainty
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
jewels names advice
Regard your good name as the richest jewel yoou can possibly be possessed of.
lines next crooked
You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.
begins feeling philosophy wonder
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
greek-philosopher
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
oracle wisdom wisest
The Delphic oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.