Socrates - Wikipedia Socrates was a polarizing figure in Athenian society In 399 BC, he was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth After a trial that lasted a day, he was sentenced to death As related by Plato, he was put to death by administration of poison after refusing offers from allies to help him escape
Socrates | Biography, Philosophy, Method, Death, Facts | Britannica Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher, one of the three greatest figures of the ancient period of Western philosophy (the others were Plato and Aristotle), who lived in Athens in the 5th century BCE
Socrates (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) The philosopher Socrates remains, as he was in his lifetime (469–399 B C E ), [1] an enigma, an inscrutable individual who, despite having written nothing, is considered one of the handful of philosophers who forever changed how philosophy itself was to be conceived
Socrates - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Unlike other philosophers of his time and ours, Socrates never wrote anything down but was committed to living simply and to interrogating the everyday views and popular opinions of those in his home city of Athens At the age of 70, he was put to death at the hands of his fellow citizens on charges of impiety and corruption of the youth
Socrates - Life Philosophy | HISTORY Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens and sentenced to death Choosing not to flee, he spent his final days in the company of his friends before drinking the executioner’s cup of
Socrates of Athens | Philopedia Socrates of Athens (470–399 BCE), classical Greek philosopher, pioneer of ethical inquiry, dialectic, and the examined life; teacher of Plato
Socrates: Life, Socratic Method, Ethics Epistemology Explained Socrates was born in Athens in 470 BCE — the first major Greek philosopher to be born in Athens itself, and the first to centre his philosophy on human life rather than on the nature of the cosmos
Socrates: Biography, Philosophy, Facts Socrates’ influence is perhaps most evident in the work of his most famous student, Plato Plato’s dialogues, many of which feature Socrates as the central character, are among the most important texts in the history of Western thought