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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies Picture Quote #1

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life Picture Quote #1

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question Picture Quote #1

It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal Socrates is a man therefore Socrates is mortal; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal Picture Quote #1

So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so.

See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all Picture Quote #1

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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, let him beat me too when I am absent Picture Quote #1

There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead Picture Quote #1

The atomists, unlike Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, sought to explain the world without introducing the notion of purpose or final cause Picture Quote #1

Socrates called himself a midwife of ideas. A great book is often such a midwife, delivering to full existence what has been coiled like an embryo in the dark, silent depths of the brain Picture Quote #1

A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little Picture Quote #1

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living Picture Quote #1

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Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s very important to remember that the philosophers were social dissidents. They were social critics. The man in the street or woman in the street did not particularly cherish what they said. Socrates was killed Picture Quote #1

Socrates... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man... It is impossible to go back further and lower. He did a great favor to human nature by showing how much it can do by itself Picture Quote #1

Socrates, who was a perfect model in all great qualities,... hit on a body and face so ugly and so incongruous with the beauty of his soul, he who was so madly in love with beauty Picture Quote #1

Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all Picture Quote #1

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And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died Picture Quote #1

Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils Picture Quote #1

It’s no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite Picture Quote #1

Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What’s that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers Picture Quote #1

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy Picture Quote #1

Socrates, on being insulted in the marketplace, asked by a passerby, don’t you worry about being called names? Retorted, why? Do you think I should resent it if an ass had kicked me? Picture Quote #1

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Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought Picture Quote #1

Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that the knowledge cannot be acquired through dead letters Picture Quote #1

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness Picture Quote #1

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason Picture Quote #1

Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge Picture Quote #1

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate Picture Quote #1

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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies (Socrates Quotes) A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life (Socrates Quotes) It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question (Socrates Quotes) It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal Socrates is a man therefore Socrates is mortal; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal (Socrates Quotes) So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so." (Socrates Quotes) See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all (Socrates Quotes) Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, let him beat me too when I am absent (Socrates Quotes) There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead (Socrates Quotes) The atomists, unlike Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, sought to explain the world without introducing the notion of purpose or final cause (Socrates Quotes) Socrates called himself a midwife of ideas. A great book is often such a midwife, delivering to full existence what has been coiled like an embryo in the dark, silent depths of the brain (Socrates Quotes) A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little (Socrates Quotes) Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living (Socrates Quotes) Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos (Socrates Quotes) 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 (Socrates Quotes) It’s very important to remember that the philosophers were social dissidents. They were social critics. The man in the street or woman in the street did not particularly cherish what they said. Socrates was killed (Socrates Quotes) Socrates... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man... It is impossible to go back further and lower. He did a great favor to human nature by showing how much it can do by itself (Socrates Quotes) Socrates, who was a perfect model in all great qualities,... hit on a body and face so ugly and so incongruous with the beauty of his soul, he who was so madly in love with beauty (Socrates Quotes) Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all (Socrates Quotes) And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died (Socrates Quotes) Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils (Socrates Quotes) It’s no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite (Socrates Quotes) Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What’s that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers (Socrates Quotes) Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy (Socrates Quotes) Socrates, on being insulted in the marketplace, asked by a passerby, don’t you worry about being called names? Retorted, why? Do you think I should resent it if an ass had kicked me? (Socrates Quotes) Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought (Socrates Quotes) Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that the knowledge cannot be acquired through dead letters (Socrates Quotes) Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness (Socrates Quotes) For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason (Socrates Quotes) Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge (Socrates Quotes) I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate (Socrates Quotes)

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