A lot of Socrates’s musings had to do with virtue, and he had a ton of integrity and insight. Though he wasn’t as well-respected at the time—he was kind of out there, was the subject of roasts and ridicule, and was sentenced to death for impiety (so says the ancient Greek authorities, of course)—he was a great teacher and constantly questioned everything. Not only did he do a lot of self-reflection, but he also created a form of argumentation that we know today as the Socratic method, per Britannica.
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Quote of the Day by Socrates
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Again, because Socrates didn’t write things down himself, it’s hard to place this quote directly as to where it came from. Because of his top students and peers relaying his words for him in Greek, there’s also the matter of translations. So while the direct translation is hard to find in different works, this specific quote is a popular one associated with Socrates.
“... For wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
With all that said, saying wonder spurs on philosophers—who yearn for wisdom and insight—is very Socrates-coded.
Looking at the quote at face value, Socrates is saying that you can’t just have wisdom and knowledge for the sake of only wanting information. The thing that powers wisdom is wonder; you have to keep wondering and guessing and questioning the world around you in order to gain true wisdom.
Wonder can mean a lot of things. It can be your curiosity or contemplation, while also being the emotion you feel as you marvel at something. So to wonder means to really try and see something from all sides; you’re curious to figure this thing out, while also marveling at what makes it tick and why. This can be a physical object, a theory or a concept.
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More Quotes from Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”“To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the true meaning of knowledge.”“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in continue firm and constant.”“It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.”“The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.”Related: Quote of the Day: Michael Jordan on Persistence
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