The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, just like Confucius, left no works of his own. But his students—Plato and Xenophon—passed down Socrates’s philosophical views in the form of dialogues and short stories. Thanks to this, we know what Socrates taught, what his main life values were, and what problems of existence occupied him. For the first time, the sayings of the wise philosopher are gathered together in a single collection—someone whose lessons are still worth learning today. True, sometimes in Plato’s texts Socrates says one thing, while in Xenophon’s texts, on the very same question, he says something completely different—almost as if he contradicts himself. This is due to how Socrates’s teachings were remembered and interpreted by no less well-known students. But that makes it even more interesting to follow the chain of Socratic reasoning and make your own conclusions. The collection is logically complemented by biographical notes about the philosopher Diogenes Laërtius, who briefly describes Socrates’s life and recounts his tragic death.