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noun - ancient Athenian philosopher
SOCRATES - Socrates (; Ancient Greek: , translit. Skráts, [skráts]; c.470 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founder...
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| Philosopher who was grossly caricatured in Aristophanes' "The Clouds" |
| Aristotle Onassis' middle name was that of this great Greek philosopher |
| His arguments for accepting his unjust death sentence were noted in Plato's "Crito" |
| Plato's "Phaedo" describes this man's final days, including his death by poison |
| Jacques-Louis David's 1787 painting "The Death of" this Athenian shows him being offered a cup of hemlock |
| Xanthippe (c. 450 B.C.) |
| At age 70, this Athenian was put on trial for "not believing in the gods the state believes in" |
| In 399 B.C. this philosopher was convicted by a jury of 500 men on a vote of 280 to 220 |
| Plato referred to this Athenian philosopher & mentor as "the justest man of that time" |
| The accusers in his 399 B.C. trial were Meletus, Anytus & Lycon |
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Socrates (; Ancient Greek: , translit. Skráts, [skráts]; c.470 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought. * An enigmatic figure, he made no writings, and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers writing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. Other sources include the contemporaneous Antisthenes, Aristippus, and Aeschines of Sphettos. Aristophanes, a playwright, is the only source to have written during his lifetime.Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it is unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is "hidden behind his 'best disciple'". Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who lends his name to the concepts o |