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I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.

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Socrates

Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.

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    δεν κάνω τίποτα άλλο παρά να σας πείσω όλους, νέους και μεγάλους, να μην σκεφτείτε για τα πρόσωπά σας ή τις περιουσίες σας, αλλά και κυρίως να νοιαστείτε για τη μεγαλύτερη βελτίωση της ψυχής. Σας λέω ότι η αρετή δεν δίνεται από το χρήμα, αλλά ότι από την αρετή προέρχεται το χρήμα και κάθε άλλο καλό του ανθρώπου, δημόσιο αλλά και ιδιωτικό. αυτή είναι η διδασκαλία μου, και αν αυτό είναι το δόγμα που διαφθείρει τη νεολαία, είμαι ένα άτακτο άτομο.

    je ne fais que vous persuader tous, vieux et jeunes, de ne pas penser à vos personnes ou à vos propriétés, mais et surtout de vous soucier du plus grand perfectionnement de l'âme. je vous dis que la vertu n'est pas donnée par l'argent, mais que de la vertu vient l'argent et tout autre bien de l'homme, aussi bien public que privé. c'est mon enseignement, et si c'est la doctrine qui corrompt la jeunesse, je suis une personne espiègle.

    Tôi không làm gì khác ngoài việc thuyết phục tất cả các bạn, già hay trẻ, đừng nghĩ cho con người hoặc tài sản của bạn, mà chủ yếu quan tâm đến sự cải thiện lớn nhất của tâm hồn. tôi nói với bạn rằng đức hạnh không phải do tiền bạc ban tặng, mà đức hạnh đến từ tiền bạc và mọi điều tốt đẹp khác của con người, công cũng như tư. đây là lời dạy của tôi, và nếu đây là giáo lý làm hư thanh niên, thì tôi là một kẻ nghịch ngợm.

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