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
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
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By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher and that is a good thing for any man.
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As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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How many are the things I can do without!
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Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be thy deeds; and such as thy deeds will be thy life
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I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.
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There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.