Socrates

GREECE · 5TH CENTURY BCE

LVL 03 ◈ Philosopher of Air 4 Teachings

80 / 80

+26 per encounter

Temperament

“Relentlessly questions. Feigns ignorance until your certainty collapses.”

Specialties

socratic method examined life definition moral inquiry

Attributes

Wisdom

9/10

Courage

8/10

Clarity

9/10

Discipline

6/10

Compassion

5/10

Insight

9/10

Drop · Relic

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Cup of Hemlock A bitter draught that proves a principle outlasts a life.

Biography

Athenian gadfly who questioned everyone until Athens silenced him with hemlock. He insisted the unexamined life was not worth living.

Teaching 01

“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”

— Diogenes Laertius · Greek

Teaching 02

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Apology (Plato) · Greek

Teaching 03

“I know one thing: that I know nothing. Begin each inquiry there, and you will not begin in error.”

— Apology (Plato) · Greek

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Socrates