Socrates (/ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Ancient Greek: Σωκρᾰ́της Sōkrátēs [sɔːkrátɛːs]; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, he made no writings, and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers writing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon.
Socrates exerted a strong influence on philosophers in later antiquity and in the modern era. Depictions of Socrates in art, literature and popular culture have made him one of the most widely known figures in the Western philosophical tradition.
Socrates's Quotes:
- “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.”
- “Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.”
- “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
- “One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”
- “It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.”
- “Every action has its pleasure and its price.”
- “The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.”
- “To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly”
- “Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul?”
70+ Great Quotes by Socrates:
part 1 of 6: Life and Happiness
part 2 of 6: Wisdom
part 3 of 6: Ethics
part 4 of 6: Motivation
part 5 of 6: Self Knowledge
part 6 of 6: Life Lessons
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