Plato · Theaetetus 155d
“Wondering is very much the feeling of a philosopher; there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.”
μάλα γὰρ φιλοσόφου τοῦτο τὸ πάθος, τὸ θαυμάζειν· οὐ γὰρ ἄλλη ἀρχὴ φιλοσοφίας ἢ αὕτη.
More lines from Plato
- “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.”Apology 38a
- “Unless philosophers rule as kings in the cities …”Republic 473d
- “Those who philosophize rightly practice dying.”Phaedo 67e
- “All soul is immortal.”Phaedrus 245c
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