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
men life-is-like dew
Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.
soul body regard
The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.
lying goal limits
True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
heart healing mirrors
The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
wise men grieving
I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead.
evil programming greater-good
I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another.
travel doe helping
Why do you wonder that globetrotting does not help you, seeing that you always take yourself with you? The reason that set you wandering is ever at your heels.
want mass ifs
If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.
relationship believe classroom
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.
thinking advice littles
If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth.
honor demand greater
The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.
winning say-anything way
In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.
differences fruit flattery
Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.
suffering injustice
So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?