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In his book Philosophy For Life, Jules Evans sets out four steps of the Socratic tradition: that is, the type of enquiry that grew from the time of Socrates, the first philosopher to bring the field away from early metaphysical discussions and take it to the people. Socrates was also the first to offer the advice ‘know thyself’, and said that the
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Sócrates disse que a vida não examinada não vale a pena ser vivida.
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Lorsque l’oracle de Delphes l’a désigné comme l’homme le plus sage et savant (sophos) de Grèce, il a répondu que c’était parce que tout ce qu’il savait, c’est qu’il ne savait rien. Il savait aussi parfaitement que tous les hommes en sont là. Ce qu’il a essayé de transmettre à ses concitoyens (ce qu’il considérait comme sa mission divine), c’était
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Men of Athens, I honour and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting any one whom I meet and saying to him after my manner: You, my friend,—a citizen of the great and mighty and wise city of Athens,—are you not ashamed of heaping up
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CHAPTER XI Socrates
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