Socrates Portrait

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

— Socrates

Wonder Is The Beginning Of Wisdom

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

— Socrates

About this quote

This paraphrases a passage in Plato's Theaetetus (155d), where Socrates tells the young mathematician Theaetetus that "wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder." Aristotle later echoed the idea in Metaphysics (982b), writing that it was through wonder that people first began to philosophize.

Source

Attributed, paraphrased from Plato, Theaetetus 155d