Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. Votes: 1
Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment. Votes: 0
Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. Votes: 0
PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. Votes: 0
Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval. Votes: 0
Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and living consciousness. Votes: 0
Philosophy is the true mother of science. Votes: 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use? Votes: 4 Dale Carnegie