Socrates documentary full biography

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition and thought.

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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. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fascinating facts about Socrates.

1. Plato’s dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it’s unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is, “hidden behind his best disciple.”

2. 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.

3. Socrates wasn’t born into nobility and received only a basic G Watch Philosopher Socrates: Biographical Documentary | Prime ...

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