Socrates on physical fitness and beauty Leave a Comment / Philosophy / By Stephen Hicks “[I]t is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.”(Socrates, according to Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.12) Myron, Discobulus The statue is Myron’s Discobulus.