{"product_id":"9782897288457","title":"Socrates: Quotes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an anthology of 145 quotes from Socrates and 51 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Socrates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlato, Xenophon, and Aristotle are the main sources for the historical Socrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates' father was Sophroniscus, a sculptor, and his mother Phaenarete, a midwife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wife, Xanthippe, bore for him three sons, Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis friend Crito of Alopece criticized him for abandoning his sons when he refused to try to escape before his execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome sources say that Xanthippe, his wife, might have been as much as forty years younger than Socrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates claims to have been deeply influenced by two women besides his mother: he says that Diotima, a witch and priestess from Mantinea, taught him all he knows about Eros, or love; and that Aspasia, the mistress of Pericles, taught him the art of rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates is known to have been fairly short and generally unattractive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates initially earned his living as a master stonecutter. He took over the profession of stonemasonry from his father who cut stone for the Parthenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly before his death, Socrates speaks his last words to Crito: \"Crito, we owe a rooster to Asclepius. Please, don't forget to pay the debt.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“My advice to you is getting married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One should eat to live; not live to eat.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To be is to do.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, me to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better? Only God knows.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All I know is that I know nothing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osmora Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132585427184,"sku":"9782897288457","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782897288457_p0.jpg?v=1763709808","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782897288457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}