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Socrates is an outdoor sculpture by artist W. V. Casey created c. 1950. The work is on the grounds of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture depicts the Greek Athenian philosopher Socrates. In 1993 the sculpture was examined by the Save Outdoor Sculpture! program produced by the Smithsonian Institution. Description A bronze sculpture placed on a limestone tablet (104 x 48 x 10 in.), Socrates is a portrait mask of the Greek Athenian philosopher Socrates. He is depicted as being bald and with a beard. To the lower left of the beard is engraved: W.V. CASEY and below the bronze bust on the tablet is inscribed: SOCRATES UNTIL PHILOSOPHERS ARE KINGS, OR THE KINGS AND PRINCES OF THIS WORLD HAVE THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF PHILOSOPHY... THEN ONLY WILL THIS OUR STATE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF LIFE AND BEHOLD THE LIGHT OF DAY. The piece is installed as part of "Philosopher's Bench" at Butler University's Holcomb Gardens. The tablet is placed in the center of a small landscaped area with and has flanked by two benches which feature quotes by Socrates, Thomas Jefferson, Jesus Christ, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Mohandas Gandhi.

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Notable quotes

“I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed ... from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.”
— Plato, Symposium, 175d
“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
— Theaetetus, 155d
“He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world.”
— Phaedo
“ἆρα, ἔφην, ὦ Ἰσχόμαχε, ἡ ἐρώτησις διδασκαλία ἐστίν; ἄρτι γὰρ δή, ἔφην ἐγώ, καταμανθάνω ᾗ με ἐπηρώτησας ἕκαστα: ἄγων γάρ με δι᾽ ὧν ἐγὼ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅμοια τούτοις ἐπιδεικνὺς ἃ οὐκ ἐνόμιζον ἐπίστασθαι ἀναπείθεις, οἶμαι, ὡς καὶ ταῦτα ἐπίσταμαι.”
— Really, Ischomachus, I am disposed to ask: "Does teaching consist in putting questions?" Indeed, the secret of your system has just this instant dawned upon me. I seem to see the principle in which you put your questions. You lead me through the field of my own knowledge, and then by pointing out analogies to what I know, persuade me that I really know some things which hitherto, as I believed, I had no knowledge of.
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
— Variant: The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
“Project Gutenberg – e-texts on Socrates:”
— The Dialogues of Plato (see also Wikipedia articles on Dialogues by Plato)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed ... from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.”
— Plato, Symposium, 175d
“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
— Theaetetus, 155d
“He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world.”
— Phaedo
“ἆρα, ἔφην, ὦ Ἰσχόμαχε, ἡ ἐρώτησις διδασκαλία ἐστίν; ἄρτι γὰρ δή, ἔφην ἐγώ, καταμανθάνω ᾗ με ἐπηρώτησας ἕκαστα: ἄγων γάρ με δι᾽ ὧν ἐγὼ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅμοια τούτοις ἐπιδεικνὺς ἃ οὐκ ἐνόμιζον ἐπίστασθαι ἀναπείθεις, οἶμαι, ὡς καὶ ταῦτα ἐπίσταμαι.”
— Really, Ischomachus, I am disposed to ask: "Does teaching consist in putting questions?" Indeed, the secret of your system has just this instant dawned upon me. I seem to see the principle in which you put your questions. You lead me through the field of my own knowledge, and then by pointing out analogies to what I know, persuade me that I really know some things which hitherto, as I believed, I had no knowledge of.
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
— Variant: The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
“Project Gutenberg – e-texts on Socrates:”
— The Dialogues of Plato (see also Wikipedia articles on Dialogues by Plato)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Socrates: 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher · 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini · mnemonic acronym used by emergency medical services · Japanese micro-satellite launched in 2014

Overview

Socrates is an outdoor sculpture by artist W. V. Casey created c. 1950. The work is on the grounds of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture depicts the Greek Athenian philosopher Socrates. In 1993 the sculpture was examined by the Save Outdoor Sculpture! program produced by the Smithsonian Institution. Description A bronze sculpture placed on a limestone tablet (104 x 48 x 10 in.), Socrates is a portrait mask of the Greek Athenian philosopher Socrates. He is depicted as being bald and with a beard. To the lower left of the beard is engraved: W.V. CASEY and below the bronze bust on the tablet is inscribed: SOCRATES UNTIL PHILOSOPHERS ARE KINGS, OR THE KINGS AND PRINCES OF THIS WORLD HAVE THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF PHILOSOPHY... THEN ONLY WILL THIS OUR STATE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF LIFE AND BEHOLD THE LIGHT OF DAY. The piece is installed as part of "Philosopher's Bench" at Butler University's Holcomb Gardens. The tablet is placed in the center of a small landscaped area with and has flanked by two benches which feature quotes by Socrates, Thomas Jefferson, Jesus Christ, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Mohandas Gandhi.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Socrates is an outdoor sculpture by artist W. V. Casey created c. 1950. The work is on the grounds of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture depicts the Greek Athenian philosopher Socrates. In 1993 the sculpture was examined by the Save Outdoor Sculpture! program produced by the Smithsonian Institution.

Socrates across IJR

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SocratesI know that I know nothing. Let's find out what you know.

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