Socrates

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Socrates

• 469-399 BC
• Considered father of Western Philosophy

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• Never recorded any of his thoughts
• Plato, one of his students, kept his teachings
  and beliefs alive in his writing documenting
  Socrates incarceration and eventually his
  execution.

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Socrates Beliefs

• Wisdom is awareness of own self ignorance,
  especially through the acquisition of
  self-awareness and self knowledge
• Self-awareness and self-knowledge were key to
  becoming an individual who can think and analyze
  for himself/herself

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Virtues

• Humility-the quality or state of being humble
  (not arrogant/proud)
• Frugality-characterized by or reflecting economy
  in the use of resources
• Simplicity-uncomplicated

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Quotes

• As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
• False words are not only evil in themselves, but
  they infect the soul with evil.
• True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize
  how little we understand about life, ourselves,
  and the world around us.
• Wisdom begins in wonder.

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His Belief

• Seeking the truth in all things by asking
  questions and constantly dissecting all
  viewpoints and ideas
• Freewheel discussion with the youth of Athens- to
  discover or expand upon new ideas
• Questioned everything

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Rejected

• By members of Greeces government/sophists
• Forced to make a public apology but quite the
  opposite-think for yourself and never accept a
  statement as truth unless you have truly
  researched its roots

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Death Sentence

• Drank hemlock-any of several poisonous herbs (as
  a poison hemlock or a water hemlock) of the
  carrot family having finely cut leaves and small
  white flowers
• Could have escaped but did not
• Die with dignity

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• Poison hemlock, allegedly the plant used to
  poison the Greek philosopherSocrates, is a
  common sight along Ohio roadsides. All parts of
  thisplant are highly toxic.