love me some ancient Greek philosophy, so this happened
Percy
“He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.” (Socrates)
“The unexamined life is not worth living to a human.” (Plato)
“There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.” (Aristotle)
Annabeth
“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” (Socrates)
“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” (Plato)
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” (Aristotle)
Jason
“Let him that would move the world first move himself.” (Socrates)
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the law.” (Plato)
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” (Aristotle)
Piper
“The hottest love has the coldest end.” (Socrates)
“Love is a serious mental disease.” (Plato)
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” (Aristotle)
Leo
“They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.” (Socrates)
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” (Plato)
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” (Aristotle)
Hazel
“In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.” (Socrates)
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” (Plato)
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” (Aristotle)
Frank
“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 is service.” (Socrates)
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” (Plato)
“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” (Aristotle)
Reyna
“When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” (Socrates)
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” (Plato)
“The law is reason, free from passion.” (Aristotle)
Nico
“Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.” (Socrates)
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” (Plato)
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” (Aristotle)
Rachel
“See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.” (Socrates)
“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.” (Plato)
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” (Aristotle)
I felt bad for not including Rachel in the last one because I love her character, so I made sure to put her in this one
Plato’s proof that p: SOCRATES: Is it not true that p?
GLAUCON: I agree. CEPHALUS: It would seem so. POLEMARCHUS: Necessarily. THRASYMACHUS: Yes, Socrates. ALCIBIADES: Certainly, Socrates. PAUSANIAS: Quite so, if we are to be consistent. ARISTOPHANES: Assuredly. ERYXIMACHUS: The argument certainly points that way. PHAEDO: By all means. PHAEDRUS: What you say is true, Socrates.
It’s an account of the defence speech made by Socrates at his trial for blasphemy (and corrupting the youth) in Athens in 399 BC. The original meaning of “apology” is “defence”, and carries no implications of regret.
It must have been impressive if it’s “literature”.
Yes. Socrates assumed the worst, and so instead of using his time to sway the jury, he doubled down and made fun of his accusers by name. He also suggested they should keep him on a state pension for life.
Fantastic! How did he celebrate his victory?
He didn’t win. He was sentenced to death. He killed himself in jail soon afterwards. Although if you’ve read Game of Thrones and you can’t handle the best man in the room being killed at the end, you should present yourself to the relevant authorities at first light.
Why is any of this important?
Socrates is widely regarded as laying the foundation for the entire edifice of Western philosophy. For a given definition (involving self-awareness and the application of logic), it’s not an exaggeration to say that Socrates invented thinking.
What should I say to make people think I’ve read it?
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
What should I avoid saying when trying to convince people I’ve read it?
“What’s the point of philosophy?”
Should I actually read it?
Absolutely yes. It’s short, very easy to read, it’s funny and it’s always nice to see the little guy sticking it to the establishment (albeit briefly in this case).
Today we move on to a discussion of Socrates. Russell only focuses on him briefly because of the fact that we have so much historical uncertainty regarding him. This article will mostly focus on what we know of him through Plato and Xenophon. One interesting thing about the historicity of Socrates is that we can say that we either know very little about him or quite a lot. This is because there…
Mausoleum of Shirin Beg Agha, sister of Timur, at the Shah-i Zinda necropolis in Samarqand. The exterior decoration of this tomb includes inscriptions attributed to Socrates, including: “In truth the people of this world are like birds rejoicing.”
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
Recently had a Kodak TriX400 black and white negative film, developed and scanned. It’s one of the last films from my student days (one more left).
Bought it in 2009, expired in 2012 (lol), shot part of it in 2015 and finished it recently. This one is the last image of this film, photo no 36 - Socrates the not-so-wise dog on emulsion gone crazy.
In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?”
“Wait a moment,” Socrates replied, “Before you tell me I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter Test.”
“Triple filter?” asked the acquaintance.
“That’s right,” Socrates continued, “Before you talk to me about Diogenes let’s take a moment to filter what you’re going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”
“No,” the man said, “Actually, I just heard about it.”
“All right,” said Socrates, “So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about Diogenes something good?”
“No, on the contrary…”
“So,” Socrates continued, “You want to tell me something about Diogenes that may be bad, even though you’re not certain it’s true?”
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, “You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter, the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about Diogenes going to be useful to me?”
“No, not really.”
“Well,” concluded Socrates, “If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me or anyone at all?”
The man was bewildered and ashamed. This is an example of why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
It also explains why Socrates never found out that Diogenes was banging his wife.
