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
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
evil soul language
False language, evil in itself, infects the soul with evil.
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.
men blessing evil
Nobody knows what death is, nor whether to man it is perchance the greatest of blessings, yet people fear it as if they surely knew it to be the worse of evils.
evil world may
One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.
men evil good-man
Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.
ignorance evil said
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
real danger-in-life evil
The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life.
evil want ifs
If one knows what is right, he will do it; nobody wants to be evil
ignorance evil religion
There is but one evil, ignorance.
evil soul crafts
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
success ignorance evil
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
real knowing evil
For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one knows whether death, which they in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.