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To: James Seagrove who wrote (974289)

10/21/2016 3:26:48 PM

From: koan

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Nothing written by him survives. That is true of 99% of all the great Greeks.

He was a founder of western philosophy! Sort of important-lol.

en.wikipedia.org

SocratesBornDiedEthnicityEraRegionSchool
Main interests

Notable ideas

A bust of Socrates in the Louvre
470/469 BC [1] Deme Alopece, Athens
399 BC (aged approx. 71) Athens
Greek

Ancient philosophy
Western philosophy
Classical Greek
Epistemology, ethics
Socratic method, Socratic irony
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Socrates ( /'s?kr?ti?z/; [2] Greek: S????t?? [s??krát??s], Sokrátes; 470/469 – 399 BC) [1] was a classical Greek ( Athenian) philosophercredited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato's dialoguesare 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', Plato". [3]

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 of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. The latter remains a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions, and is a type of pedagogy in which a series of questions is asked not only to draw individual answers, but also to encourage fundamental insight into the issue at hand. Plato's Socrates also made important and lasting contributions to the field of epistemology, and his ideologies and approach have proven a strong foundation for much Western philosophy that has followed.