Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to compose), were performed.

When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination.

Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths