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Socrates - Wikipedia
Socrates was a polarizing figure in Athenian society. In 399 BC, he was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth. After a trial that lasted a day, he was sentenced to death. As related by Plato, he was put to death by administration of poison after refusing offers from allies to help him escape.
Socrates | Biography, Philosophy, Method, Death, & Facts | Britannica
Socrates (born c. 470 bce, Athens [Greece]—died 399 bce, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on Classical antiquity and Western philosophy.
Socrates (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
The philosopher Socrates remains, as he was in his lifetime (469–399 B.C.E.), [1] an enigma, an inscrutable individual who, despite having written nothing, is considered one of the handful of philosophers who forever changed how philosophy itself was to be conceived.
Socrates - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Socrates is one of the few individuals whom one could say has so-shaped the cultural and intellectual development of the world that, without him, history would be profoundly different.
Socrates - Life & Philosophy | HISTORY
Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens and sentenced to death. Choosing not to flee, he spent his final days in the company of his friends before drinking the executioner’s cup of...
Socrates: Biography, Greek Philosopher, Socratic Method
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher considered to be the main source of Western thought. He was condemned to death for his Socratic method of questioning.
Socrates: Life, Socratic Method, Ethics & Epistemology Explained
Socrates was born in Athens in 470 BCE — the first major Greek philosopher to be born in Athens itself, and the first to centre his philosophy on human life rather than on the nature of the cosmos.
Socrates - World History Encyclopedia
Socrates of Athens (l. c. 470/469-399 BCE) is among the most famous figures in world history for his contributions to the development of ancient Greek philosophy which provided the foundation for all of Western Philosophy.
The controversial life and tragic death of Socrates, the father of ...
Socrates is one of the most recognisable figures in philosophical history. He was born in 469 BCE in Athens and produced no writings of his own, yet his legacy lasted in the works of his students.
Socrates - philosophypages.com
In his use of critical reasoning, by his unwavering commitment to truth, and through the vivid example of his own life, fifth-century Athenian Socrates set the standard for all subsequent Western philosophy.
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