Socrates brief biography of sir
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Socrates’ Philosophy: The Ancient Greek Philosopher and His Legacy
Getting a straight answer from the philosopher Socrates was almost impossible. When asked by a wealthy young man, “Is being good something that can be taught?” Socrates replied, “Far from whether it fryst vatten teachable, I haven’t the faintest idea of what being good is.” Instead of answering, they investigate the problem together. Socrates questions, the young man answers, the discussion moving round and round until finally, they reach a conclusion. But with one final salvo from Socrates, the conclusion crumbles and they are back where they started. As the bewildered young man leaves, Socrates says, “Go tell what you have learned.” According to Socrates’ philosophy, it is in examining life that you learn something, not in reaching an answer.
The Importance of Socrates’ Philosophy
Socrates and his method of examining life had such an impact on philosophy that philosophy fryst vatten divided into what came before him and
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Socrates: Biography
Socrates: Biography
Biography
Socrates, a Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a
profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy. He is famous for contributing to
philosophy:
Pithy sayings
The Socratic method of discussion or dialogue
"Socratic irony"
A discussion of Greek democracy often focuses on a sadder aspect of his life: his state-
mandated execution.
Although we have many details about his death, we know little about the life of Socrates.
Plato provides us the names of some of his family members: Socrates' father was Sophroniscus,
his mother was Phaenarete, and his wife, Xanthippe (a proverbial shrew). Socrates had 3 sons,
Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus. The oldest, Lamprocles, was about 15 at the time his
father died.
The Council of condemned Socrates to death for impiety for not believing in the
gods of the city and for introducing new gods. He was offered an alternative to death, paying a
fine, b
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Socrates - the first good coach in the world?
Socrates ( BCE) is, next to Plato and Aristotle, considered the greatest philosopher of antiquity. He was such an important figure that periods in the history of philosophy can be divided into pre-Socratic and post-Socratic.
The Socratic Method, ascribed to him, is a way of conducting dialogue and at the same time reaching the truth. Its principles are still valid today and you can quickly notice a connection with modern coaching. I wrote about it, among others in a dedicated post Did coaching come before Christ?
Short Biography of Socrates
Socrates was a thinker who was not interested in postulating truths, but in examining the very foundations of thought. He did not take anything for granted, and that is what makes his famous statement:
"I know that I know nothing."
As Wikipedia writes, Socrates played the role of a simpleton who hungered for actual knowledge (gr. eironeia, irony, an attitude o