Socrates Quotes

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Socrates, a renowned Greek philosopher, lived from 471 BC to 399 BC. He is known for his unique teaching method, the Socratic method, which emphasizes self-discovery through questioning. Socrates' philosophical ideas have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, and he is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy.

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“Every pleasure or pain has a sort of rivet with which it fastens the soul to the body and pins it down and makes it corporeal, accepting as true whatever the body certifies.”

Soul Body Pain Pleasure Accepting Down And Pins

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“Whoever would have his body supple, easy and healthful should learn to dance.”

Should Body Easy Dance Supple

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“No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”

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“Who knows if to live is to be dead, and to be dead, to live? And we really, it may be, are dead; in fact I once heard sages say that we are now dead, and the body is our tomb.”

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“There is no illness of the body except for the mind”

Mind Body Inspiration Illness

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“The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.”

Soul Body Wish Accepting Practice Habit Contact

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“Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.”

War Body Desire Revolution Battle Philosophical Greed Dues

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“Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”

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“I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.”

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“We can do nothing without the body, let us always take care that it is in the best condition to sustain us.”

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“No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... [It is] a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable.”

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“'Wars, factions, and fighting,' said Socrates as he looked forward from his last hour, 'have no other origin than this same body and its lusts... We must set the soul free from it; we must behold things as they are. And having thus got rid of the foolishness of the body, we shall be pure and hold converse with the pure, and shall in our own selves have complete knowledge of the Incorruptible which is, I take it, no other than the very truth.”

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“We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.”

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“The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.”

Soul Body Regard

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“Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.”

Should Soul Body Eye Ought Treats Cures

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“A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind.”

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“The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”

Reason Body Wealth Slave Greed Reason Why Acquire

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“The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association with the body in life but avoiding it.......Practicing philosophy in the right way is a training to die easily.”

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“Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of body; and you can have this experience if your are negligent, because these things don't normally happen by themselves.”

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About the Author

Born: 471 BC
Died: 399 BC
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 490

Books & Sources

Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative StudyRelated source material

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