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  • NAME: Socrates
  • OCCUPATION: Philosopher
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 470 BCE
  • DEATH DATE: c. 399 BCE
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Athens, Greece
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Athens, Greece
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Socrates was a Greek philosopher and the main source of Western thought. Little is known of his life except what was recorded by his students, including Plato.


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Socrates was born in 470 BC, in Athens, Greece. We know of his life through the writings of his students, including Plato and Xenophon. His "Socratic method," laid the groundwork for Western systems of logic and philosophy. When the political climate of Greece turned, Socrates was sentenced to death by hemlock poisoning in 399 BC. He accepted this judgment rather than fleeing.

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