Socrates/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words socrates and/or philosophy:

“It’s easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“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 (469–399 B.C.)