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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 "Know yourself." | Socrates |
| "I know only that I know nothing." | Socrates |
| "Ideas are the source of all things." | Plato |
| "The most important activity of man is to seek the truth." | Socrates |
| "Happy is the man who finds wisdom." | Solomon |
| "Let him who would move the world first move himself." | Socrates |
| "Societies will achieve political and civil harmony only when individuals achieve moral harmony within themselves." | Confucius |
| "All men seek the Good." | Plato |
| "The source of all virtue is knowledge." | Plato |
| "All wrong-doing is done in ignorance." | Plato |
| "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world." | Socrates |
| "He who fills his lamp with water will not dispel the darkness." | Buddah |
| "Virtue gives men an inner core of happiness which cannot be taken away." | Socrates |
| "All things are numbers." | Pythagoras |
| "A wise man makes demands on himself; a vulgar man makes demands on others." | Confucius |
| "Numberless wonders walk the world, but none the match for man." | Sophocles |
| "We are lovers of the beautiful, and yet we are strong." | Pericles |
| "We are confident, strong, free, and have a fearless spirit." | Pericles |
| "We cultivate our minds and our bodies." | Pericles |
| "We do not copy our neighbors, but are an example to them." | Pericles |
| "He who recognizes the existence of suffering; its cause, and its remedy, has fathomed the truth." | Buddah |
| "A wise man seeks virtue, a vulgar man seeks land. A wise man seeks justice, a vulgar man seeks favors." | Confucius |
| "When you see a worthy man, seek to imitate him; When you see an unworthy man, examine yourself." | Confucius |
| "The 'Real' world is a world of Ideas existing outside of space and time." | Plato |
| "Detach yourself from sense perception and learn to depend on pure thinking. Sense experience is false." | Plato |
| "All things have an inherent tendency toward perfection." | Plato |
| "Vicious acts are done involuntarily." | Plato |
| "A brick is a brick." | Aristotle |
| "All knowledge is gained from the senses." | Aristotle |
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