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
relationship believe classroom
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.
believe men ridiculous
When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.
believe ignorance demonstration
To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly
believe looks active
We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know.
believe fighting men
...one thing I am ready to fight for as long as I can, in word and act: that is, that we shall be better, braver and more active men if we believe it right to look for what we don't know than if we believe there is no point in looking because what we don't know we can never discover.
believe clear-conscience seeking
I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.
inspirational believe men
If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.
death believe fate
Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.
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.
believe excellence form
I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
appear experience honor human increase practice reality shortest strengthen surest themselves virtues
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
ashamed care caring fame improvement money neither nor truth wisdom
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
enjoy enjoyment later
Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.
artificial contentment luxury natural poverty
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty