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Socrates
Information About Socrates:
Born: 470 BC Deme,Alopece,Athens.
Died: 399 BC
Athens.
Cause of Death: Forced suicide by poisoning.
Spouse(s):Xanthippe,
Myrto.
Era: Ancient Greek philosophy, Notable Students: Plato, xenophon.
- Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.
- The Trial Of Socrates:
- The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia (impiety) against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption of the youth of the city-state;
- The accusers cited two impious acts by Socrates: "failing to acknowledge the gods that the city acknowledges" and "introducing new deities".
- Imagine what it would be like to be in the shoes of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. An account of Socrates' speech at his trial is recorded in Apology, written by his follower Plato.
- Socrates was two notable Students: Plato And Xenophon.
- Plato
Born: 428/427 or 424/423 BC
Athens, Greece.
Died: 348 BC
Athens, Greece.
- The Apology is Plato's recounting of Socrates's defense at this trial for atheism and corruption of the youth of Athens. -
- Plato wrote the Apology to demonstrate the unjust nature of the trial and to reveal that Socrates, not the judges who condemned him, was representative of truth.
- The main idea of Plato's Apology is that the judges who condemned Socrates to death, and the climate of opinion in Athens that led to the charges against Socrates, were unjust and untrue.
- In the Apology, Plato argues that Socrates, not the judges and not Athens, represent the truth.
- Plato's Apology is his defense of Socrates. In the Apology, Plato re-tells the speeches of Socrates to the judges at his trial.
- Plato's purpose is to show that Socrates, whom Plato called the justest man I have ever known, is the representative of truth, not the political elite of Athens.
- Aristotle was a Notable Student of Plato.
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