Sublime

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates

Socrates lived a remarkable life. He also died a remarkable death: He had been tried for corrupting the youth of Athens and other alleged misdeeds, found guilty by his fellow citizens, and sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. He could have avoided this punishment by throwing himself on the mercy of the court or by running away after the sen

He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.

Socrate, la plus grande figure de la philosophie gréco-romaine – et le directeur de notre école ! Certains se prétendaient déjà philosophes un siècle avant Socrate, comme Thalès, Pythagore ou Héraclite. Mais ils étaient des « physiciens » au sens antique du terme, c’est-à-dire qu’ils ne s’intéressaient qu’à la Nature et à l’univers. Ils ont dévelop