These 24 Socrates Quotes Will Make You Question Life
Socrates was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. His writings are not only inspirational, but they will make you question life in a very unique way…
Socrates Was One Of The Smartest People Who Ever Lived. Here Are 24 Out Of His Most Important Quotes That Everyone Needs To Read
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy…
Socrates’ Philosophy and Socratic Method
by Abhay Burande: Socrates is remembered as a Greek philosopher. He was born in 470 BC and died in 399 BC.
Socrates-A Man For Our Times
by Bettany Hughes: Two thousand four hundred years ago, one man tried to discover the meaning of life.
The Socratic Method and Doctrine
Socrates was not a ‘philosopher,’ nor yet a ‘teacher,’ but rather an ‘educator,’ having for his function to rouse, persuade and rebuke (Plato, Apology).
18 Life Changing Lessons To Learn From Socrates
by Luminita D. Saviuc: If I have learned something from Socrates is that you cannot teach people anything; you can only make them think…
‘The Death of Socrates’
by Emily Wilson: Introduction: The Man who Drank the Hemlock. ‘The more I read about Socrates, the less I wonder that they poisoned him.’
Arguing to Death
by The Economist: IF THE most famous philosopher of all were alive today, he might find America remarkably similar to his own Athens of the fifth century BC.
A History
The growing power of Athens had frightened other Greek states for years before the Peloponnesian War broke out in 431.
Apology from The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2
by Socrates: How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I was, so persuasively did they speak;
The Seductions of Socrates
by David K. O’Connor: Socrates died 2,400 years ago this June. More precisely, he was executed, a criminal condemned on a capital charge. How seriously Athens took her philosophers! It fills the modern scholar with envy more than dread, that one could die for such a cause.
Socrates: Early Years
from the History Channel: Socrates was born and lived nearly his entire life in Athens. His father Sophroniscus was a stonemason and his mother, Phaenarete, was a midwife.
Socrates (469-399 B.C.E.)
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.
Socrates – A Man For Our Times
He was condemned to death for telling the ancient Greeks things they didn’t want to hear, but his views on consumerism and trial by media are just as relevant today.
