Socrates’ Answer to Plato About the Difference Between Love and Marriage
It shows history is a fragment of the truth
Socrates and Plato pretty much defined Western civilization two and a half millennia ago. But how much do we know about them without Google?
Socrates is the father of Western philosophy. He questioned everything and everyone including himself.
His famous quote: “I know that I know nothing” (Latin — “Scio me nihil scire”) denotes that the more you know, the more you realize how much you still don’t know. This is something only wise people are aware of. The arrogant think they know everything.
Socrates believed people’s primary motivation is happiness and the ultimate wisdom comes from knowing yourself well. Funnily enough, we are still learning about the power of authenticity at the beginning of the 21st century.
When they accused Socrates of insulting Gods and corrupting young Athenians with his teachings, he defended himself in court. He could have run off to exile but in the end, the brave philosopher chose to die by drinking hemlock.
His most famous disciple was Plato — the father of idealism in philosophy and the founder of Western spirituality (Foucault, 2005). Plato founded the first organized school in Western…
