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A survey of the history of Western philosophy. ... The speech he offered in his own defense, as reported in Plato's Apologhma (Apology), provides us with many reminders of the central features of Socrates's approach to philosophy and its relation to practical life.
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www.philosophypages.com/hy/2d.htm
www.philosophypages.com/hy/2d.htm
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Socrates was the first of the three great Athenian philosophers (the other two are Plato and Aristotle). Socrates was born in Athens in 469 BC, so he lived through the time of Pericles and the Athenian Empire, though he was too young to remember Marathon or Salamis. ... Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece:
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www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates...
www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm
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A brief overview of Socrates' place in Greek philosophy. ... fortunes of war varied until a truce was made in 421, but this was never very stable and in 415 Athens was persuaded by Alcibiades, a pupil of the Athenian teacher, Socrates, to send a huge force to Sicily in an attempt to take over some of the cities there.
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www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/SOCRATES.HTM
www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/SOCRATES.HTM
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2.3 Implications for the philosophy of Socrates ... That Socrates eschewed any earning potential in philosophy does not seem to have been significant to the comic playwright. Aristophanes' depiction is important because Plato's Socrates says at his trial (Apology 18a-b, 19c) that most of his jurors have grown up believing...
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plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/
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Certainly, Xanthippe was not an ideal wife, but it must be admitted that neither was Socrates an ideal husband; he forgot his domestic duties out of his extreme interest in philosophy.
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www.radicalacademy.com/philsocrates.htm
www.radicalacademy.com/philsocrates.htm
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Socrates (469?-399 B.C.) was tried by the Athenians on charges of "impiety" and "corrupting the young of Athens", but it seems clear that his real offense was opposition to, or even lack of sufficient support for, the leaders of the newly restored democratic regime.
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members.tripod.com/sergiod/Socrates.html
members.tripod.com/sergiod/Socrates.html
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Socrates himself left no writings, and most of our knowledge of him and his teachings comes from the dialogues of his most famous pupil, PLATO, and from the memoirs of XENOPHON. ... Socrates is described as having neglected his own affairs, instead spending his time discussing virtue, justice, and piety wherever his...
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www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/socrates.html
www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/socrates.html
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