Overview

This book is an anthology of 145 quotes from Socrates and 51 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Socrates. / Example Facts: Socrates' father was Sophroniscus, a sculptor, and his mother Phaenarete, a midwife. / His wife, Xanthippe, bore for him three sons, Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus. / His friend Crito of Alopece criticized him for abandoning his sons when he refused to try to escape before his execution. / Some sources say that Xanthippe, his wife, might have been as much as forty years younger than Socrates. / Example Quotes: “I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” / “My advice to you is getting married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.” / “Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”