The 'Seven Sages' are a variable group of significant thinkers including Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias of Priene, and Solon of Athens. These Greek statesmen were the authors of short, timeless maxims in the late 7th and 6th centuries BC. Expertly introduced and commented upon, this volume gathers the most important texts that have been preserved in fragments. They address questions of virtue, happiness, and 'know thyself,' coalescing into an early philosophy of antiquity.