#Socrates

Socrates · 470–399 BCE

In the books · 1 chapter

Who this is

“He never wrote a word, never claimed to know the answers, and changed philosophy forever by asking better questions than anyone before him.”

— The Great Philosophers, Ch. 18

The big idea, in the book's words:

“The most important thing a human being can do is examine how to live — and honest thinking, not confident answers, is where wisdom starts.”

— The Great Philosophers, Ch. 18

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