Socrates

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Lived: 470 BCE – 399 BCE · Birth year approximate
Era: Classical antiquity
Place: Athens, ancient Greece

Athenian philosopher known through Plato and Xenophon; questioning as a path to wisdom.

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— SocratesGrowth
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
— SocratesGratitude