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:
- “We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know.”
- “Falling down is not a failure.
Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” - “Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?”
- “We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.”
- “To move the world, we must first move ourselves.”
- “The mind is everything;
what you think you become.” - “If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse;
for if you can tame one, you can tame all.” - “Do it because it's in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.”
- “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training.
It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
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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