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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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“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”
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“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”