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
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.
spirituality wonder
Wisdom begins in wonder.
greek contentment wealth
He is the richest who is content with the least.
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.
knowing-nothing true-knowledge knows
To know, is to know that you know nothing.
wells
Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
order individual humans
The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.
workout men training
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
curriculum
Let the questions be the curriculum.
motivational track littles
Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.
mistake people care
I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.
want what-you-want ifs
If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all
eye men self
It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden.
death believe fate
Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.