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One of the fabled Seven Wise Men, or Sophoi, of antiquity was the philosopher Thales. His water-based cosmology, which depicted Earth as a flat disk floating in a vast sea, is what most people remember him for. -
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
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Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean Brotherhood, Pythagoras developed ideas that, despite being of a religious nature, inspired the thinking of Plato and Aristotle and helped to advance mathematics and Western rational philosophy. -
It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates had a significant impact on Western philosophy through his ideas, demeanor, and way of life. -
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Ancient Greek philosopher Plato who studied under Socrates, taught under Aristotle, and established the Academy. He is best recognized as the creator of philosophical writings that have had an unprecedented impact. -
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
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One of the most influential thinkers in Western history is Aristotle which was a Greek philosopher and scientist. He created a philosophical and scientific system that served as the foundation and vehicle for both medieval Islamic philosophy and Christian Scholasticism. Aristotelian ideas persisted in Western thought even after the intellectual revolutions of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment. -
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Greek philosopher Epicurus is known for developing the simple pleasure, friendship, and retirement ethics. He established philosophical schools that persisted from the fourth century BC to the fourth century AD. -
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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English philosopher, physicist, and historian Thomas Hobbes is most renowned for his political philosophy, which is particularly well-expressed in his masterpiece Leviathan. Hobbes championed materialism, the idea that only material things are real, in the field of metaphysics. -
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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German philosopher Immanuel Kant's thorough and methodical work in epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics had a significant impact on all later philosophy, particularly the numerous Kantianism and idealism schools. -
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
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American political philosopher John Rawls belonged to the liberal school. His view of justice as fairness envisions a community of free individuals with an egalitarian economic structure, each possessing equal fundamental rights. His political liberalism theory investigates the proper use of political power in a democracy and conceives of a way to maintain civic unity in the face of the plurality of worldviews that democratic institutions permit. -
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.