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
Give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward may be one.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of inner beauty and the harmony between one's inner and outer self.
Socrates highlights the significance of nurturing inner beauty and aligning it with outward appearances. He suggests that true beauty comes from within and that one's external expression should reflect this inner richness, leading to a harmonious existence where the inner soul and outer persona are unified.
Themes
BeautySoulInnerOuterHarmonyPhilosophy
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about self-acceptance, one might quote Socrates to highlight the importance of inner beauty.
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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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