Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 0470 BC
Birthplace: Alopece, Greek
Died: 0399 BC
Socrates, a Greek philosopher, is considered the founder of Western philosophy and one of the first moral philosophers. He did not write any texts himself, but his teachings are primarily known through the accounts of his students Plato and Xenophon. Socrates engaged in dialogues with others, developing the Socratic method of questioning and Socratic irony. He was a controversial figure in Athenian society and was ultimately sentenced to death for charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. His influence resonated with later philosophers, medieval and Islamic scholars, the Italian Renaissance, and modern thinkers such as Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.
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