About Socrates
Socrates (, ‹See Tfd›Greek: Σωκράτης, translit. Sōkrátēs; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known...
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.