Able Quote by Alain de Botton

Socrates was a philosopher. He went around pointing out errors in the way things were done. They fed him hemlock.

— Gil Amelio

“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.”

— Edward De Bono

“Socrates made people face their hypocrisy. He had to die.”

— Francis Mont

“Socrates based his ethical values on logical reasoning, rather than theological beliefs, which ultimately led to his death. He”

— Paxton Casmiro

“dialogue led participants not to certainty but to a shocking realization of the profundity of human ignorance. However carefully, logically, and rationally Socrates and…

— Karen Armstrong

“To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on…

— Paul Kleinman

“We know so little about Socrates but somehow we still remember he existed; more amazing yet, is how the meaning of ethics has completely…

— Alejandro C. Estrada

“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.”

— Troy DeNuthe

Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“for philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the ruin of…

— Plato

“Socrates (770-399 B.C.[E.]) is possibly the most enigmatic figure in the entire history of philosophy. He never wrote a single line. Yet he is…

— Jostein Gaarder

Socrates isguilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing indeities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the…

— Plato