Ancient greece Quote by Troy DeNuthe

“Socrates roamed and surrounded by the oppositions in Athens, like a lion that's surrounded by hyenas in the forest.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“I’m sure if Socrates were alive today, and had to sit through even a single meeting discussing how to use data to inform instruction,…

— Brian Huskie

“The highest hope of Socrates’ peers, of young Athenian men, was to serve Athens by dying for her.”

— Bettany Hughes

“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

“After they had lost the war with Sparta the Athenians looked for someone to blame. They blamed the old teacher, Socrates. Being a rather…

— Terry Deary

“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

“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

“But the truth is, O men of Athens, that God only is wise; and by his answer he intends to show that the wisdom…

— Plato

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

— Plutarch

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

— Paxton Casmiro

“The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that…

— Socrates

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

— Jostein Gaarder