Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Death of Socrates (detail, 1787), Jacques-Louis David - Getty Philosophers are constitutively irritating: this is both their ...

Quote of the Day by Socrates explains wisdom lies in recognizing his own ignorance. In an age of instant answers, his ...

Socrates' quote emphasizes that true wealth comes from contentment, not material possessions. The message remains relevant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most important part of knowledge, in Socrates' view? Knowing how much you don't know. Yoeml/iStock via Getty Images Plus But ...

In Benjamin Franklin’s famous list of thirteen virtues toward personal perfection, he urges his readers to “Imitate Jesus and Socrates.” As a teacher, I try to live up to this call. We hear a lot ...

Review of Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. By Agnes Callard. W.W. Norton & Company. 405 pp. $35. Many know that Socrates declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” And ...