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Apology (Plato)

Words attributed to Socrates

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  • What korrents draws from it

    It is better to know that you do not know than to think you know what you do not, No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods, Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good …

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Key facts

Edition korrents quotes
tr. Benjamin Jowett, 18712
Claims on korrents
81

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. It is better to know that you do not know than to think you know what you do not (opens korrents.com)1

  2. No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Virtue does not come from money; money and every other good come from virtue (opens korrents.com)1

  5. A bad man cannot injure a man better than himself (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Related

  • SocratesThe words it records are attributed to them

Sources

  1. Apology, Plato's account of his defence (tr. Benjamin Jowett, 1871) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Apology, Plato's account of his defence (tr. Benjamin Jowett, 1871) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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