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
blessing doe wealth
wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state
men self doe
This is...self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know.
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.
doe
No one does wrong voluntarily.
favors doe universe
This is a universe that does not favor the timid.
men doe wealth
Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.
silence doe silent
If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.
men divinity doe
To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.
evil good
There is only one good -- knowledge; and only one evil -- ignorance.
evil ignorance
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
becomes equal equality man superior woman
Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior
eyes given hear listening nature
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
knowledge
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
smart stupid average
Smart people learn from everything and everyone, Average people from their experiences, Stupid people already have all the answers.