Philosophy Quote by Jostein Gaarder

“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

“It is Plato's portrait of Socrates that has inspired thinkers in the Western world for nearly 2.500 years.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“Eventually you ascend the stairs to the street. You think of Plato's pilgrims climbing out of the cave, from the shadow world of appearances…

— Jay McInerney

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

— Troy DeNuthe

“What do you think Socrates meant when he said, “The unexamined life is not worth living”? Third,”

— Karen Armstrong

“I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been…

— René Descartes

“The Socratic dialogue was a spiritual exercise designed to produce a profound psychological change in the participants, and because its purpose was that each…

— Karen Armstrong

“Philosophy begins in wonder." -Plato”

— Plato

“The story is told of Socrates walking through the market in Athens, with its groaning abundance of options, and saying to himself, "Who would…

— Os Guinness

“Between you and me, Plato was a hack. All that crap about higher forms and caves? He was drunk when he wrote it. I…

— Gene Doucette

“See how Plato is moved and tossed about. Every man, glorying in applying him to himself, sets him on the side he wants. They…

— Sarah Bakewell

“Remember your Plato, Maeve. ‘If a man, fixing his attention on these and the like difficulties, does away with the idea of things and…

— Elizabeth Cunningham