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
inspiration mind body
There is no illness of the body except for the mind
emotional sound morality
A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
knowing-nothing true-knowledge knows
To know, is to know that you know nothing.
moving world
To move the world we must move ourselves.
believe philosophical hands
The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of all that is invisible.
knowing true-wisdom knows
Wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
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.