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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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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”