Socrates vs. Sallustius
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Socrates
469 BCE – 398 BCE
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and his interlocutors examine a subject in the style of question and answer; they gave rise to the Socratic dialogue literary genre.
"If somebody asks them, Why, what evil does he practice or teach? they do not know, and cannot tell; but in order that they do not appear to be at a loss, they r…"
Sallustius
Unknown dates
The names Sallustius/Saloustios and their vernacular variants Sallust(e) have been borne by many people:Sallust or Gaius Sallustius Crispus, historian of the 1st century BC Gardens of Sallust Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus, 1st-century AD Roman notable Sallustius Lucullus, 1st-century AD governor of Roman Britain Seius Sallustius, 3rd-century usurper Sallustius (Neoplatonist), a writer who might be the same as either: Flavius Sallustius, 4th-century Hispano-Roman statesman, consul and praetorian prefect of Gaul Saturninus Secundus Salutius, 4th-century Gallo-Roman statesman, praetorian prefect of the Orient Sallustius of Emesa, 5th-century Cynic philosopher Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, 16th-century French Protestant epic poet Salluste Duval, 19th-century Canadian inventor
"Everything that is destroyed is either destroyed by itself or by something else. If the world is destroyed by itself, fire must needs burn of itself and water d…"
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