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
beauty inward man outward
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
becomes equal equality man superior woman
Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior
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.
men fellow-man fellows
One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.
pain men good-man
A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death.
sleep men good-man
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
men good-man gentleman
For who is there but you? Who not only claim to be a good man and a gentleman, for many are this, and yet have not the power of making others good. Whereas you are not only good yourself, but also the cause of goodness in others.
hate men he-man
Fear of women love more than hate the man.
men should-have honorable-man
Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honorable man, had always upheld the cause of right, and conscientiously set this end above all other things? Not by a very long way, gentlemen; neither would any other man.
men mystery he-man
The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
men evil good-man
Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.
views mankind offers
Death offers mankind a full view of truth.
beer men good-man
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
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.