It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Philosophers
Socrates
Fifth-century BC Athenian philosopher who wrote nothing yet transformed Western thought. Through questioning in the agora he shifted philosophy from cosmology to ethics, making the examined life its central pursuit.
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Evil, too, has its place within the scheme of the Good.
-- Plotinus
He who would be tranquil should not undertake too many things, either private or public.
-- Democritus
The unexamined life is not worth living.
-- Socrates
No one desires evil.
-- Socrates
There is no envy in the good.
-- Plato
Live unknown.
-- Epicurus