81 Famous Quotes by Socrates
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About Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.
Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. The latter remains a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions, and is a type of pedagogy in which a series of questions are asked not only to draw individual answers, but also to encourage fundamental insight into the issue at hand. It is Plato's Socrates that also made important and lasting contributions to the fields of epistemology and logic, and the influence of his ideas and approach remains strong in providing a foundation for much western philosophy that followed.
You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am
infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching
death they sing more merrily than before, because of the joy they
have in going to the God they serve.
Swans
Quotes, by Socrates , Source: see Plato's "Phaedo", 77
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Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat
and drink that they may live.
Eating
Quotes, by Socrates , Source: Plutarch's Morals--How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Faith
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.
Adversity
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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.
Senses
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Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Bereavement
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we
understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Inspirational
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Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Inspirational
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be
overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
Inspirational
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