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
world plenty
There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.
world ruins ingredients
If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.
odds world whole-world
It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself,
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 knowing world
Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.
soul enquiry world
The soul then, as being immortal, and having been born again many times, and having seen all things that exist, whether in this world or in the world below, has knowledge of them all . . . all enquiry and all learning is but recollection.
citizens world athens
I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.
funny-inspirational weight-loss world
The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.
world earth tiny
All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.
moving world
To move the world we must move ourselves.
cheer other-worlds may
He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world.
years world todays-youth
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.
citizens world goodwill
I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.
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.