A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
SocratesRead
My divine sign indicates the future to me.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Socrates suggests that understanding one's purpose involves recognizing divine guidance regarding the future.
In this quote, Socrates expresses the idea that there is a certain wisdom or insight that comes from a higher power or divine source. It emphasizes the importance of being attuned to such guidance, which can offer clarity and direction in navigating life's uncertainties and the future. The concept of divine signs indicates that there might be a greater plan or understanding that helps individuals make sense of their paths.
Themes
WisdomFutureDivineGuidancePurpose
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about following one's destiny.
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I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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When I was young, I believed that life might unfold in an orderly way, according to my hopes and expectations. But now I understand that the Way winds like a river, always changing, ever onward.. My journeys revealed that the Way itself creates the warrior; that every path leads to peace, every choice to wisdom. And that life has always been, and will always be, arising in Mystery.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.
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