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Socrates32 quotes
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BCThe true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention. — Socrates · 375 BCDemocracy passes into despotism. — Socrates · 375 BCFor our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives. — Socrates · 375 BCBehold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave. — Socrates · 375 BCThe object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful. — Socrates · 375 BCAll 32 quotes →Plato5 quotes
For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse? — Plato · 370 BCFriends have all things in common. — Plato · 370 BCOf all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable. — Plato · 346 BCMy child, you are still young, and time as it advances [888b] will cause you to reverse many of the opinions you now hold: so wait till then before pronouncing judgment on matters of most grave importance; and of these the gravest of all—though at present you regard it as naught—is the question of holding a right view about the gods and so living well, or the opposite. — Plato · 346 BCYou cannot conceive the many without the one. — Plato · 340 BCCicero1 quote
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it. — Cicero · 44 BCHeraclitus1 quote
Everything flows and nothing stays. — Heraclitus · 348 BCNicias1 quote
Who has knowledge of what is to be dreaded and what is not—the man whom I call courageous? — Nicias · 380 BCProtagoras1 quote
Man is the measure of all things. — Protagoras · 420 BCThrasymachus1 quote
What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party. — Thrasymachus · 375 BC