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...
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...
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...
, c. 469–399 BC. Mentor of PLATO and of several so-called ‘Socratic schools’ (Megarians, Cynics, Cyrenaics). Probably scarcely left Athens except on military service. Executed for ‘corrupting the youth and introducing strange...
This page is about the Classical Greek philosopher. For other uses of Socrates, see Socrates (disambiguation). Socrates (Greek: Σωκράτης c. 470 BC–399 BC), of the deme Alopece of Athens, was a Classical Greek philosopher. He is best known...
