《The Trial and Death of Socrates》的原文摘录
...i you think they (my son)care for money or anything else more than they care for virtue, or if they think they are somebody when they are nobody. Reproach them as I reproach you, that they are worthy when they are not worthy of anything. If you do this, I shall have been justly treated by you, and my sons also. (查看原文 )
"To sacrifice is to make a gift to the gods, whereas to pray is to beg from the gods?" (查看原文 )
I go around seeking out anyone, citizen or stranger, whom I think wise. Then if I do not think he is, come to the assistance of the god and show him that he is not wise. (查看原文 )
I have a divine or spiritual sigh....That is what has prevented me from taking part in public affairs... (查看原文 )
If I had long ago attempted to take part in politics, I should have died long ago....A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life is he is to survive for even a short time. (查看原文 )
The Olympian victor makes you think yourself happy; I make you be happy. Besides, he does not need food, but I do. So if I must make a just assessment of what I deserve, I assess it as this: free meals in the Prytaneum. (查看原文 )