socrates

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4daaa0d	I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.	socratic republic plato nothing wisdome socrates paradox knowing	Plato
f70db6a	There is nothing more notable in than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.	philosophy lifelong-learning socrates	Michel de Montaigne
225b307	Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?	life plato unexamined-life socrates meaning-of-life	Kurt Vonnegut
0221406	I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.	wisdom plato socrates knowledge	Plato
fd1d050	Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than ? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than ? Was he more patient, more charitable, than ? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than ? In what respect was he the superior of ? Was he gentler than , more universal than ? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of ? Did he express grander truths than ? Was his mind subtler than 's? Was his brain equal to 's or 's? Was he grander in death - a sublimer martyr than ? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of the human brain and heart, of all passions, hopes and fears, the equal of , the greatest of the human race?	shakespeare kindness wisdom bruno epicurus gautama-buddha giordano-bruno laozi zeno zeno-of-citium zoroaster cicero baruch-spinoza epictetus spinoza buddha buddhism socrates stoicism patience isaac-newton johannes-kepler kepler newton william-shakespeare	Robert G. Ingersoll
f2cf317	Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.	words-of-wisdom philosophical freedom philosophy wisdom catholic-author citizens civil-liberty free-country gadfly philosophers plato socrates liberty christian freedom-of-thought thought-provoking	E.A. Bucchianeri
aa6f23d	The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong. The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal. Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time. My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.	understanding universe earth wrong theory science wisdom flat-earth scientific-theory socrates relativity ignorance knowledge greece	Isaac Asimov
c0f243b	Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appear has anything to do with moral dilemmas. Nor have the greatest Greek tragedies. If Euripides is the most tragic of the Greek playwrights, it is not because he deals with moral conflicts but because he understood that reason cannot be the guide of life.	tragedy morality the-death-of-tragedy greek-mythology socrates	John Gray
df18d8e	No rational person would intentionally commit an act of evil, for everyone knows that it would bring the wrath of the community upon him. (Socrates)	evil-people rational-thought socrates evil	Karen Essex
802a02b	The reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is they think 'conspiracy' means everybody's on the same program. That's not how it works. Everybody's got a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebody's wife.	murder socrates conspiracy-theories	James Lee Burke
331e1eb	"Reason and	socrates	Peter Kreeft
62e857c	The unexamined life is not worth living.	socrates psychology	Irvin D. Yalom

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

socratic republic plato nothing wisdome socrates paradox knowing

Plato

f70db6a

There is nothing more notable in than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

philosophy lifelong-learning socrates

Michel de Montaigne

225b307

Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?

life plato unexamined-life socrates meaning-of-life

Kurt Vonnegut

0221406

I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.

wisdom plato socrates knowledge

Plato

fd1d050

Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than ? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than ? Was he more patient, more charitable, than ? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than ? In what respect was he the superior of ? Was he gentler than , more universal than ? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of ? Did he express grander truths than ? Was his mind subtler than 's? Was his brain equal to 's or 's? Was he grander in death - a sublimer martyr than ? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of the human brain and heart, of all passions, hopes and fears, the equal of , the greatest of the human race?

shakespeare kindness wisdom bruno epicurus gautama-buddha giordano-bruno laozi zeno zeno-of-citium zoroaster cicero baruch-spinoza epictetus spinoza buddha buddhism socrates stoicism patience isaac-newton johannes-kepler kepler newton william-shakespeare

Robert G. Ingersoll

f2cf317

Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.

words-of-wisdom philosophical freedom philosophy wisdom catholic-author citizens civil-liberty free-country gadfly philosophers plato socrates liberty christian freedom-of-thought thought-provoking

E.A. Bucchianeri

aa6f23d

The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong. The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal. Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time. My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

understanding universe earth wrong theory science wisdom flat-earth scientific-theory socrates relativity ignorance knowledge greece

Isaac Asimov

c0f243b

Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appear has anything to do with moral dilemmas. Nor have the greatest Greek tragedies. If Euripides is the most tragic of the Greek playwrights, it is not because he deals with moral conflicts but because he understood that reason cannot be the guide of life.

tragedy morality the-death-of-tragedy greek-mythology socrates

John   Gray

df18d8e

No rational person would intentionally commit an act of evil, for everyone knows that it would bring the wrath of the community upon him. (Socrates)

evil-people rational-thought socrates evil

Karen Essex

802a02b

The reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is they think 'conspiracy' means everybody's on the same program. That's not how it works. Everybody's got a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebody's wife.

murder socrates conspiracy-theories

James Lee Burke

331e1eb

"Reason and

socrates

Peter Kreeft

62e857c

The unexamined life is not worth living.

socrates psychology

Irvin D. Yalom