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Men of Athens, this reputation of mine has come of a certain sort of wisdom which I possess. If you ask me what kind of wisdom, I reply, wisdom such as
Plato • Plato: The Complete Works
Socrates never wrote down anything because he understood that real philosophy happens in dialogue. Once you write down philosophical ideas, they become dogmas and some people will stop to think for themselves and recite it without really understanding what they are saying.
The discovery of ignorance was for Socrates the beginning rather than the end of the philosophical task, for only through that discovery could one begin to overcome those received assumptions
Richard Tarnas • Passion of the Western Mind
And in this respect only I believe myself to differ from men in general, and may perhaps claim to be wiser than they are:—that whereas I know but little of the world below, I do not suppose that I know: but I do know that injustice and disobedience to a better, whether God or man, is evil and dishonourable, and I will never fear or avoid a possible
... See morePlato • Apology
Cette vérité que vise Socrate dans les dialogues de Platon s’articule entre l’agathon, le Bien, et l’aretê, la vertu. Pour les Grecs, l’aretê d’une chose, c’est sa capacité à devenir ce pour quoi elle est faite. Chez l’homme, l’aretê se trouve dans l’âme, dans la partie divine. L’agathon, pour Socrate, correspond à cette aretê, qui, comme essence d
... See moreXavier Pavie • Exercices Spirituels. Leçons de la philosophie antique (French Edition)
Cette maïeutique socratique renverse totalement les rapports entre maître et disciple, comme l’a bien vu Kierkegaard : « Être maître, ce n’est pas trancher à coup d’affirmations, ni donner des leçons à apprendre, etc. ; être maître, c’est vraiment être disciple. L’enseignement commence quand toi, maître, tu apprends du disciple, quand tu t’installe
... See morePierre Hadot • Exercices spirituels et philosophie antique (Bibliothèque de l'Evolution de l'Humanité) (French Edition)
‘The conversion that Socrates is calling for in Book VII of The Republic is not one of faith,’ the philosopher Nancy Bauer writes in an essay, On Philosophical Authority: It is a turning from mindlessness to thoughtfulness, from dogmatism to self-scrutiny, from habit to deliberateness. To become invested in this kind of conversion is not to adopt a
... See moreAdam Phillips • On Wanting to Change
A student asks a teacher for direction. "Tell me who I am. What should I do?"
A bad teacher gives answers. Adds burdens. More chains. Rules. The student is overjoyed to receive the answer and says, "Thank you! Now I know!"
A good teacher robs the student of answers. Unburdens them... See more