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 more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.”
“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”