„Kto odporuje a veľa tára, je neschopný sa naučiť potrebné.“
Prisudzované výroky
Citáty Démokritos
„Zdá sa, že kto nemiluje, nie je milovaný ani jediným človekom.“
Prisudzované výroky
„[Democritus says:] By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention color is color. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Fragments
„Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
„The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.“
Freeman (1948), p. 166
Varianta: Envy is the cause of political division.
„Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.“
Freeman (1948), p. 163
Varianta: Moderation increases enjoyment, and makes pleasure even greater.
„[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.“
Freeman (1948), p. 155
Durant (1939),Ch. XVI, §II, p. 352, citinas G.Grote, Plato and the Other Companions of Socrates (London, 1875), vol. 1, p. 68; and citing C. Bakewell, Sourcebook in Ancient Philosophy, New York, 1909, p. 62.
Varianta: I would rather discover a single demonstration [in geometry] than become king of the Persians.
„An evil and foolish and intemperate and irreligious life should not be called a bad life, but rather, dying long drawn out.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
„Now his principal doctrines were these. That atoms and the vacuum were the beginning of the universe; and that everything else existed only in opinion. (trans. Yonge 1853)“
The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. (trans. by Robert Drew Hicks 1925)
Originál: (el) δοκεῖ δὲ αὐτῶι τάδε· ἀρχὰς εἶναι τῶν ὅλων ἀτόμους καὶ κενόν, τὰ δ'ἀλλα πάντα νενομίσθαι [δοξάζεσθαι]. (Diogenes Laërtius, Democritus, Vol. IX, 44)
„He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
„Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
„Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
„There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
„The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.“
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907)
