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This whole thing helped me alot so do please read it. Socrates was one of the greatest philosphers of all time. He turned philosophy from the study of great philosophical questions to the study of man. He preffered to postulate on ethics ra...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Socrates's_main_acco...
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Interesting Facts About Socrates: ... Socrates never wrote anything. All of his ideas were written down by his student, Plato. ... Accomplishments: ; Invented the process of Philosophical Dialogue.
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www.extremeintellect.com/ei2009/geniusesandinventors/so...
www.extremeintellect.com/ei2009/geniusesandinventors/socrates/socrates.html
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Socrates is probably the most influential thinker and philosopher of his time. Although no written accounts of his real life have been located, he is idolized by his disciples and thinkers that reflect on his accomplishments through their writing.
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www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Bios/Socrates.html
www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Bios/Socrates.html
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'Socrates was the first philosopher that brought philosophy down to the earth from stars'... He was the first intellectual that instead of talking about -lets say supernatural issues- he stydied issues that have to do with people and societ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091102133...
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Since his writings did not survive, it is hard to establish facts about his accomplishments. It was said that he enabled the Lydian king Croesus' army to cross the Halys River by diverting the flow of the water. ... Plato was a student of Socrates. The Academy, where Plato spent much of his life teaching, was founded by him...
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atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sirrobhitch.suffolk/Portland%20St...
atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sirrobhitch.suffolk/Portland%20State%20University%20Greek%20Civilization%20Home%20Page%20v2/docs/11/earlyphl.htm
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Socrates, unlike other philosophers, did not leave even a single book. The sources of Socrates' image and accomplishments are 1) Plato, a great philosophe.
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www.csudh.edu/phenom_studies/methods_phil/lect_2a.htm
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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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I. SOCRATES was the son of Sophroniscus, a statuary, and of Phaenarete, a midwife; ... and if they were ugly, they might conceal their unsightly appearance by their accomplishments. He once invited some rich men to dinner, and when Xanthippe was ashamed of their insufficient appointments, he said, "Be of good cheer;
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classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlsocrates.htm
classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlsocrates.htm
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Execution of Socrates in 399 B.C. greatly affected his life ... Major Accomplishments: ... Recorded Socrates ideas for posterity...
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712educators.about.com/cs/biographies/p/plato.htm
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