Single Idea 421

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People]

Full Idea

Men who love wisdom must be inquirers into very many things indeed.

Clarification

'Wisdom' is the Greek word 'sophia'

Gist of Idea

Men who love wisdom must be inquirers into very many things indeed

Source

Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B035), quoted by Clement - Miscellanies 5.140.5

Book Reference

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.27


A Reaction

…which invites the question 'Is there anything that a wisdom-seeker should NOT be interested in?'