“If what philosophers say of the kinship of God and Men be true, what remains for men to do but as Socrates did: never, when asked one’s country, to answer, 'I am an Athenian or a Corinthian,' but 'I am a citizen of the world.”
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philosopher from Ancient Greece 50–138Related quotes
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher
Compare doctrine of fidelity to Athenian law in Plato's Crito.
Plutarch
“Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world."”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Diogenes, 6.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics
“Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
Of Banishment
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
As quoted in Writers on Writing (1986) by Jon Winokur.
Variant: If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher
29b [alternate translation]
Plato, Apology
