What is the famous line of Socrates?

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” “The unexamined life is not worth living.” “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

What are the 3 concepts of philosophy?

1. Explain and differentiate three main areas of philosophy: ethics, epistemology and metaphysics. 2. Explain the difference between knowledge and beliefs about the physical world (the realm of science) and knowledge and beliefs about moral issues and metaphysical things such as God, Heaven and Hell, and souls.

What are the golden words of Socrates?

SOCRATES: Well, then, if we cannot capture the good in one form, we will have to take hold of it in a conjunction of three: beauty, proportion and truth.

What is the most important branch of philosophy?

Metaphysics is important in that it is the most expansive branch of philosophy, and covers most of the non-ethical philosophical questions people are interested in.

What is the Golden Mean ethics?

The basic principle of the golden mean, laid down by Aristotle 2,500 years ago is moderation, or striving for a balance between extremes. The golden mean focuses on the middle ground between two extremes, but as Aristotle suggests, the middle ground is usually closer to one extreme than the other.

What is Socrates Golden?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. It appeared in Greek thought at least as early as the Delphic maxim “nothing in excess” and emphasized in later Aristotelian philosophy.

What’s the meaning of the phrase’not do anything’?

to not do or say anything because you might make a difficult situation worse. let sleeping dogs lie. phrase. to leave a person or situation alone if they might cause you trouble. miss. verb. to fail to be present for something, or to not be in a place when someone else is there. not do a stroke of work.

What does the Bible say about not knowing anything?

New American Standard 1977 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. King James 2000 Bible For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. American King James Version For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

What does it mean when you don’t do something?

if you do not bother to do something, you do not do it, either because there seems to be no good reason or because it involves too much effort

How did I know nothing when I came to you?

1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.…

What happens when your words don’t match your actions?

No match, no healthy, mutual relationship but you’ll definitely have a whole load of mind effery going on. When someone’s actions and words don’t match, you can never truly trust in them or where your relationship is headed, which by the way is nowhere. You’ll be left hungry for substance and very confused.