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Socrates made many people angry, perhaps by being too honest. He would say what he thought and often said things that people did not want to hear. He showed that some important people knew nothing. He was called a gadfly which is a small fly that attacks cattle (the cattle cannot stop the pain and gets angry).
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simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
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Socrates said he was a sort of gadfly, given to the state by God; and the state is a great and noble steed. He meant insignificant ... Did Socrates invent the Socratic method or was it called that just because he used it ... What are Socrates written works called...
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In his own life, Socrates was eventually faced with the very real choice: did he mean it when he said that "the unexamined life is not worth living"? He was sentenced to death by his fellow Athenians for being annoying (at its core, that's what the charge was, and Socrates even called himself "a gadfly").
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leisure.typepad.com/mol/2002/09/he_meant_what_h.html
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Socrates said he knew nothing yet kept the upper hand in all of his discussions, which came to be called the Socrates irony. He never aligned himself with the oligarchs or the democrats, with friends and enemies on either side. ... Socrates defended his role as a gadfly until the end: at his trial, when Socrates was asked...
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theviewspaper.net/the-enigma-called-socrates/
theviewspaper.net/the-enigma-called-socrates/
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If someone calls you a gadfly what does it mean? ... Why is Socrates referred to as a gadfly in the apology? Read answer... ... What and why was socrates called a gadfly?
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www.answers.com/topic/gadfly-1
www.answers.com/topic/gadfly-1
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Wordsmith Words: gadfly ... Why is Socrates referred to as a gadfly in the apology? Read answer... ... What and why was socrates called a gadfly?
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www.answers.com/topic/gadfly
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Socrates and Plato discussing the meaning of life. Socrates called himself the gadfly of Athens. He loved to talk to people and question their thoughts and ideas. Because he was so effective at “stinging” people to life, those in power perceived him as a threat. Ultimately, he was given a death sentence...
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iws.ccccd.edu/mbailey/greektimeline.htm
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“Any metaphor, as beguiling as it may be, is a possible experience, and the difficulty lies not in its invention (a simple thing, attained by the mere shuffling of fancy words) but in achieving it in a way ... To do this is to speak by metaphor—as when Socrates is called the gadfly of Athens.” Jacques Barzun...
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www.ulfwolf.com/metaphor.htm
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Many Afghans don't want more US troops either ... Posted by Gadfly at Sunday, November 08, 2009 | ... The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly - philosophy, poetry, the arts...
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socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/
socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/
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