Quotes About Ethics

Jamais enganar alguém ou mentir, ainda que inadvertidamente, nem ser devedor, quer de sacrifícios aos deuses, quer de dinheiro a uma pessoa, e depois falecer sem nada recear.

pas encore quelle est cette vertu, je demande seulement s'ils s'acquittent bien de leur fonction par la vertu qui leur est propre, et mal par un vice contraire. Certainement.

In the course of the argument Socrates remarks that the controversial nature of morals and religion arises out of the difficulty of verifying them.

Y así, la posesión y práctica de lo que a cada uno es propio será reconocida como justicia.

Sigamos, pues, hablando y escuchando por turno, pero recordando antes el lugar en que describíamos las cualidades innatas que había de reunir forzosamente quien hubiera de ser hombre de bien. Y su principal y primera cualidad era, si lo recuerdas, la verdad, la cual debía él perseguir en todo asunto y por todas partes si no era un embustero que nada tuviese que ver con la verda­dera filosofía.

is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong—acting the part of a good man or of a bad.

Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?

For the body which is moved from without is soulless; but that which is moved from within has a soul... (Tr. Jowett)

Querido Critão! Quão precioso o teu ardor, se alguma retidão o acompanhasse!

El más honrado y el más sencillo no es reprimir a los demás, sino prepararse para ser lo mejor posible.

You're not thinking straight, sir, if you think that a man who's any use at all should give any opposing weight to the risk of living or dying, instead of looking to this alone whenever he does anything: whether his actions are just or unjust, the deeds of a good or bad man.

This early dialogue features the charismatic young politician Alcibiades in conversation with Socrates.

it is by justice that we can authentically measure man's value or his nullity... the absence of justice is the absence of what makes him a man

I shall reproach [30]him because he attaches little importance to the most important things and greater importance to inferior things.

Sócrates, cita atribuida por Platón Es peor cometer una injusticia que padecerla porque quien la comete se convierte en injusto y quien la padece no.

La práctica del bien; he aquí precisamente cómo defino la sabiduría.

Then I showed again, not in words but in action, that, if it were not rather vulgar to [d]say so, death is something I couldn't care less about, but that my whole concern is not to do anything unjust or impious.

Lo mío es obedecer a la ley y abogar por mi causa.

But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many? Good men, and they are the only persons who are worth considering, will think of these things truly as they occurred.

Everyone should think it a disgrace and unworthy of a gentleman, if any citizen devotes the whole of any night to sleep.

ha habido razón para decir que hay ciertas opiniones que debemos respetar y otras que debemos despreciar

The unjust man enjoys life better than the just. book 2

Men engrossed in the pursuit of money are unfit to rule a state.

In a city composed wholly of good men there would be a great unwillingness to rule