When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated.
In ancient Greece, Socrates reportedly didn't fancy a literate society. He felt that people would lose the capacity to think for themselves, simply adopting the perspective of a handy written opinion, and that they would cease to remember what could be written down.
What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching some sort of clarity - even if it is only clarity about the gaps in our knowledge.
As a philosopher, I'm not obliged to explore every unknown wilderness.
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest minds in history without spending a lot of money.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
A Socrates in every classroom.