Knowledge is the only virtue, because once a man knows good from evil, nothing on earth can compel him to act against that knowledge.
Father of Western philosophy
Knowledge is the only virtue, because once a man knows good from evil, nothing on earth can compel him to act against that knowledge.
Father of Western philosophy
General Socratic philosophical principle, often discussed in dialogues like Protagoras and Meno.
~4th century BC
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