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Socrates
Quotes
Self-Improvement
The unexamined
life is not worth living.
Create Your Life
Vision
Know thyself.
To find yourself, think for yourself.
Be as you wish to seem.
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human
Excellence is
to
question oneself and others.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you
desire to appear.
Thank not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but
those who kindly reprove thy faults.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become
happy; if you get a bad one,
you’ll become a philosopher.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
The secret of
happiness is not found in
seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
He who is not contented with what he has,
would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
You should eat to live; not live to eat.
An honest man is always a child.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be
possessed of – for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled
it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you
will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a
good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Knowledge ,
Learning
The only true
wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their
poetry, but a kind of instinct or
inspiration, such as
you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime
messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The Three Socratic Principles
The three principles described
below are the basis of all of Socrates teachings. Socrates
advocated self-understanding and felt so strongly about it that
he deemed it more important than any other pursuit in life.
These principles are what Socrates thought were the most
important goals of philosophy.2
1.
The unexamined life is not worth living
It is extremely important to know
who you are and what you are trying to become. It is necessary
to lead a responsible and fully awake
life. If
you don't try to figure out who you are and what you
believe then you are content to just exist and what's the
point in that? What is the worth in your existence?
"Employ
your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that
you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for." ~
Socrates
2. Care for your
soul
The most important task in life is
caring for your soul. Your soul is the real person, who you
really are. It is the center of your character and what makes
you who you are. It is the basis of your thoughts, feelings,
values, and decisions.
The most important task you face is
realizing your potential as a person, who you are. The state of
your soul makes you either foolish or wise. Just like the body,
the soul should be kept healthy. An unhealthy soul is
ignorant of the true priorities in life. You can keep your soul
healthy by introspection and ridding yourself of ignorance.
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the
wealth of nature." ~ Socrates
3. A good person
cannot be harmed by other people
If your soul is good, then
outside forces cannot not harm you. If the most important
part of you is your soul and the soul is not physical but inward
then it cannot be harmed. The body may be harmed by another
person, but the soul cannot unless you allow yourself to become
susceptible to others. Search constantly for
wisdom by way of practicing self-evaluation if you wish your
soul to be liberated from outside harm.
"Envy is the
ulcer of the soul." ~ Socrates
Socratic Method
The Socratic method is a major
contribution to Western thought. Socrates applied his
dialectic method of inquiry largely to the examination of key
moral concepts such as the Good and Justice.
"To
solve a problem, it would be broken down into a series of questions,
the answers to which gradually distill the answer a person would
seek. The influence of this approach is most strongly felt today
in the use of the scientific method, in which hypothesis is the
first stage. The development and practice of this method is one
of Socrates' most enduring contributions, and is a key factor in
earning his mantle as the father of political philosophy, ethics
or moral philosophy, and as a figurehead of all the central
themes in Western philosophy."1...
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