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
education filling vessel
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel
bear beautiful carry consider cute-love dear external friendly gods grant harmony man moderate oh pan sweet-love wise
Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.
citizen humankind nor
I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
humility
How many are the things I can do without!
anybody cannot philosophy teach teaching
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
desire endeavor gain good greek-philosopher
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
following god greek-philosopher life soul
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
easily employ gain greek-philosopher hard others shall time
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
chiefly good greek-philosopher life
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
bad good greek-philosopher
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.
world plenty
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.
art children real
A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.
real
God desired to be the real maker of a real bed, not a particular maker of a particular bed, and therefore He created a bed which is essentially and by nature one only.
eye
The duller eye may often see a thing sooner than the keener.