About Socrates
470 BC – 399 BC
Classical Athenian philosopher and a founder of Western philosophy. He wrote nothing himself; his ideas survive mainly through the dialogues of his student Plato.
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“Why, what is weeping and sighing? A judgement. What is misfortune? A judgement.”
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“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.”