Socrates

 Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is
credited with western philosophy. He is known for

creating socratic irony and the socratic method
(elenchus). He has had profound influence on
western philosophy, along with his student plato
and Aristotle.
 He was born c. 470 BCE, Athens. Died 399 BCE. A

greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and
thought exerted a profound influence on ancient
and modern philosophy.
SOCRATIC METHOD
 Socrates was one of the most important philosophers
of ancient Greece. He focused on epistemology, in
contrast to pre-socratic thinkers who has focused on
metaphysics. He didn’t leave any written teachings
behind, so our knowledge of his philosophy is
mediated by the works of his students, Xenophon and
plato.
 Philosophy. Socrates believed that philosophy

achieved practical results for the greater well-being of
society. He attempted to establish an ethical system
based on human reason rather than theological
doctrine. Socrates pointed out that human choice is
motivated by the desire for happiness.
 The socratic method also known as method of
Elenchus, elenctic method or socratic debate, is a
form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between
individuals, based on asking and answering questions
to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and
underlying presuppositions.
 In this story, Socrates has been convicted of

corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing
strange gods, and has been sentenced to die by
drinking poison hemlock. Socrates uses his death as a
final lesson for his pupils rather than fleeing when the
opportunity arises, and faces it calmy.
 Socrates and theory of knowledge. At the trial,
Socrates says, “the only true wisdom consists in
knowing that you know nothing.” Socrates put
emphasis on knowledge all his life because he
believed that “ the ability to distinguish between right
and wrong lies in people’s reason not in society.
 Legacy. Socrates is seen by some people as martyr,

since he is willingly died to support the idea that
knowledge and wisdom are very important to our lives.
Socrates, known as one of the most important
philosophers in history. He is often described as the
father of western philosophy.
 Legacy. Socrates is seen by some people as martyr,
since he is willingly died to support the idea that
knowledge and wisdom are very important to our lives.
Socrates, known as one of the most important
philosophers in history. He is often described as the
father of western philosophy.
 Perhaps his most important contribution to western

thought is his dialectic method of inquiry, known as
socratic method. Which he largely applied to the
examination of key moral concepts such as the good
and justice.
 “ I know that I know nothing” is a saying derived from
plato’s account of the greek philosopher Socrates. It is
also called the socratic paradox. The phrase is not one
that Socrates himself is ever recorded as saying.
 “ the unexamined life is not woth living” is a famous

dictum apparently uttered by Socrates at his trial for
impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was
subsequently sentenced to death.
 Socrates professed not to teach anything and indeed
not to know anything important but only to seek
answers to urgent human questions.
“ what is virtue and what is justice?” and to help others
to do the same. His style of philosophizing was to engage
in public conversations about some human excellence
and through skillful questioning, to show that his
interlocutors did not know what they were talking about.
Despite the negative results of these encounters,
Socrates did hold some broad positive views, including
that virtue is a form of knowledge and that “ care of the
soul” ( the cultivation is the most important human
obligation.
 He wrote nothing. All that is known about him has been
inferred from accounts by members of his circle
primarily plato and Xenophon as well as by plato’s
student Aristotle who acquired his knowledge of
Socrates through his teacher. The most vivid portraits
of Socrates exist in plato’s dialogues, in most which
the principal speaker is “ Socrates.”

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 Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is

credited with western philosophy. He is known for

 He was born c. 470 BCE, Athens. Died 399 BCE. A

 Philosophy. Socrates believed that philosophy

 In this story, Socrates has been convicted of

 Legacy. Socrates is seen by some people as martyr,

 Perhaps his most important contribution to western

 “ the unexamined life is not woth living” is a famous

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