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
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses concern about the moral and intellectual state of today's youth and their impact on the future.
Socrates' statement highlights his apprehension regarding the values and capabilities of the younger generation. By suggesting that the world might not survive another century due to their shortcomings, he emphasizes the critical role that youth play in shaping society and the importance of educating them to ensure a sustainable future.
Themes
YouthFutureEducationSocietyValues
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about the importance of education at a community center.
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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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