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
perfection together humans
The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.
wisdom greek oracles
The Delphic Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone of all the Greeks know that I know nothing.
running wickedness faster
It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
knowing-nothing ancient-greek knows
I know one thing, that I know nothing.
differences embrace temperance
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and avoids it, is learned and temperate.
justice
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
children one-day care
Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all?
views mankind offers
Death offers mankind a full view of truth.
divinity divine
My divine sign indicates the future to me.
soul virtue
Virtue is the beauty of the soul.
favors doe universe
This is a universe that does not favor the timid.
poison malice greater
Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison.
years snow lasts
It was far too cold. The second I got out I had this incredible headache, I'm just not used to it. The last time I saw snow was years and years ago.
knows
I know that I know nothing.