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.
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Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True understanding comes from personal discovery rather than rote learning.
This quote by Socrates emphasizes the value of self-discovery in the learning process. It suggests that information that is uncovered through one's own experience and inquiry is more deeply understood and retained than knowledge that is simply taught or memorized. This underscores the importance of critical thinking, exploration, and curiosity in education and personal growth.
Themes
LearningDiscoveryEducationKnowledgeExperience
In practice
Example use cases
A teacher might use this quote to inspire students to engage in hands-on projects.
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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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