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Biography

Name: Socrates
Birth Date: 469 B.C.
Death Date: 399 B.C.
Place of Death: Athens, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male
Occupations: philosopher, logician

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Biography of Socrates
1,549 words, approx. 5 pages
The Greek philosopher and logician Socrates (469-399 BC) was an important formative influence on Plato and had a profound effect on ancient philosophy. Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus, an Athenian stone mason and sculptor. He learned his father's...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Socrates Summary
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470?-399 B.C. Greek philosopher who exerted a profound influence on subsequent critical thought and intellectual development in ancient Greece. Socrates left no writings of his own; it is only through his pupils, mainly Plato, that we know of his...
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Socrates (C. 470–399 Bce) Summary
7,868 words, approx. 26 pages
Socrates(C. 470–399 Bce) Socrates is the first Western philosopher to have left to posterity any sense of his individual personality, and he is a central figure in the subsequent development of philosophy. Both of these aspects are due primarily...
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Socrates Summary
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SOCRATES (c. 469–399 BCE) was a Greek philosopher. Commonly regarded as the father of philosophy, Socrates' influence on Western thought has been huge throughout history. Almost every epoch saw in him a precursor of its own ideas and...
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Socrates Information
7,020 words, approx. 23 pages
<dl><dd><i>This page is about the Classical Greek philosopher. For other uses of Socrates, see Socrates (disambiguation). </dl> <p> Socrates (Greek: <b>Σωκράτης</b> c. 470 BC–399 BC), of the deme Alopece of Athens, was a Classical Greek...


News and Journals
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Alito: Few would watch Supreme Court TV
10/19/2007: 548 words, approx. 2 pages
Justice Samuel Alito doubts the public is clamoring for Supreme Court sessions to be televised and predicts they would battle Congress for last place in the ratings.Alito said Friday that the same-day availability of oral argument transcripts on the Internet and extensive media coverage means...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by W. K. C. Guthrie
20,862 words, approx. 70 pages
In the following excerpt, Guthrie assesses the contribution of Socrates to the field of philosophy, arguing that Socrates's work marked a shift in philosophic thought from contemplation of the nature of the universe to contemplation of the problems of human life.
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Critical Essay by Norman Gulley
15,939 words, approx. 53 pages
In the following essay, Gulley explains that Socrates's teachings emphasize that "knowledge of the good is a necessary and sufficient condition of being good and of doing what is good," but that they do not explicitly state what "the good" is. Gulley examines the Socratic works of Plato, and Xenophon, as well as some references in Aristotle, in order to deduce a consistent understanding of "the good."
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Lecture by Leonard Nelson
14,617 words, approx. 49 pages
In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1922, Nelson discusses the Socratic method, defining it as "the art of teaching not philosophy but philosophizing, the art not of teaching about philosophers but of making philosophers of the students." Nelson goes on to offer examples of how the method works in practice and notes some difficulties of applying the Socratic method.
 
Featured Essays
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Socrates and Love
1,295 words, approx. 4 pages
Provides an analysis of Socrates' view of love in Plato's Symposium. Critiques Socrates' opinion from a modern perspective.
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The Wisdom of Socrates
1,053 words, approx. 4 pages
Provides an analysis of Socrates' philosophy in the context of his contemporaries including Thucydides and Hippocrates.
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Essay Grade: 87%
Socrates : Law and Order
1,032 words, approx. 3 pages
How Socrates, by allowing himself to die, let his ideas and theorms flourish.
 


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