padla

Socrates quote ✍️

Quote

... I do not believe that the law of God permits a better man to be harmed by a worse. No doubt my accuser might put me to death or have me banished or deprived of civic rights; but even if he thinks, as he probably does (and others to, I dare say), that these are great calamities, I do not think so... For let me tell you, gentlemen, that to be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not; it is to think that one knows what one does not know. No one knows with regard to death whether it is not really the greatest blessing that can happen to a man; but people dread it as though they were certain that it is the greatest evil; and this ignorance, which thinks that it knows what it does not, must surely be ignorance most culpable. This, I take it, gentlemen, is the degree, and this is the nature of my advantage over the rest of mankind; and if I were to claim to be wiser than my neighbour in any respect, it would be in this: that not possessing any real knowledge of what comes after death, I am also conscious that I do not possess it. But I do know that to do wrong and to disobey my superior, whether God or man, is wicked and dishonourable; and so I shall never feel more fear or aversion for something which, for all I know, may really be a blessing, than for those evils which I know to be evils.
Socrates Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates. demeanor obedience optimism

Related Quotes

I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed in disproving the oracle and pointing out to my divine authority …
Socrates Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates. intelligence knowledge wisdom
Your question is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no. I am not an Atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a Pantheist.…
Albert Einstein cosmos religion science
Where is the land of Luthany, Where is the tract of Elenore? I am bound therefore.'Pierce thy heart to find the key; With thee take Only what none else would keep; Learn to dream w…
Francis Thompson connection death flower hope knowledge

Similar Crossword Answers

Answer Clues
HOPE 496 clues
DEATH 196 clues
SCIENCE 169 clues
CONNECTION 150 clues
INTELLIGENCE 145 clues
WISDOM 134 clues
FLOWER 93 clues
COSMOS 85 clues
KNOWLEDGE 69 clues
OBEDIENCE 69 clues
RELIGION 37 clues
OPTIMISM 36 clues
DEMEANOR 26 clues

Similar crossword clues

  1. Socrates' H 88.89%
  2. Socrates' P 88.89%
  3. Socrates' T 88.89%
  4. Socrates, e.g. 80.00%
  5. Socrates' home 76.19%
  6. Like Socrates 76.19%
  7. H, to Socrates 76.19%
  8. P, to Socrates 76.19%
  9. T, to Socrates 76.19%
  10. Socrates' forum 72.73%
  11. Socrates' forte 72.73%
  12. Socrates pupil 72.73%
  13. S, for Socrates 72.73%
  14. Socrates' people 69.57%
  15. Socrates' friend. 69.57%
  16. Socrates' finale. 69.57%
  17. Socrates' hangout 66.67%
  18. Socrates's place 66.67%
  19. Mars, to Socrates 66.67%
  20. Emulate Socrates 66.67%
✏️ Suggest new clue

Related word tools

Unscramble SOCRATES8-letter words that start with S8-letter words that end in S8-letter words containing OC8-letter words containing ES8-letter words with S and O
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
?
E
?
E
?
N
Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
Play Crossword
9 +1

New Crossword Suggestion

Clue
Answer (solution)