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    Socrates (c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited with founding Western philosophy. He questioned everything as he walked barefoot through Athens and famously said "I know that I know nothing." Socrates believed people should pursue virtue over wealth and that only educated people should rule. However, he was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock. His influential method of questioning known as the Socratic method is still used today in law school classrooms.

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    Socrates
    Socrates (c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders
    of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of
    thought. He served in the Athenian military as a hoplite during the Peloponnesian War. Socrates wrote
    nothing and our knowledge of his thinking mainly comes from his student Plato. Socrates wore tattered
    clothes and went barefoot as he walked though Athens questioning everything. Socrates famously said,
    “One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.”

    Socrates believed the best way for people to live was to focus on the pursuit of virtue rather than the
    pursuit of material wealth. Socrates was critical of democracy and believed that only well-educated
    people (philosophers) should have the right to vote and rule. Socrates was convicted of corrupting the
    youth of Athens and was sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. He accepted this judgment
    rather than fleeing.

    Famous Quotes

    • True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.


    • When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
    • There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
    • Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events and weak minds discuss people.
    • The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the
    capacity to enjoy less.
    • From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
    • Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

    Socratic method
    Perhaps his most important contribution to Western thought is his dialectic method of inquiry, known as
    the Socratic method. To solve a problem, it would be broken down into a series of questions to
    eventually find the truth. The Socratic method has often been considered as a defining element of
    American legal education. He believed that wrongdoing and behaviour that was not virtuous resulted
    from ignorance, and that those who did wrong knew no better.

    To illustrate the use of the Socratic method, a series of questions are posed to help a person or group to
    determine their underlying beliefs and the extent of their knowledge. The Socratic method is a negative
    method of hypothesis elimination, in that better hypotheses are found by steadily identifying and
    eliminating those that lead to contradictions. It was designed to force one to examine one's own beliefs
    and the validity of such beliefs. To this day, different versions of the Socratic method are still used in law
    school classrooms to expose underlying issues in both subject and the speaker.
    Paradoxes - teaching of Socrates
    Many of the beliefs traditionally attributed to the historical Socrates have been characterized as
    "paradoxical" because they seem to conflict with common sense. The following are among the so-called
    Socratic paradoxes:

    • No one desires evil.


    • No one does wrong willingly or knowingly.
    • Virtue—all virtue—is knowledge.
    • Virtue is sufficient for happiness.

    Peloponnesian War
    The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by
    Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. The Peloponnesian War reshaped the ancient
    Greek world. On the level of international relations, Athens, the strongest city-state in Greece prior to
    the war's beginning, was reduced to a state of near-complete subjection, while Sparta became
    established as the leading power of Greece. The economic costs of the war were felt across Greece;
    poverty became widespread in the Peloponnese, while Athens was completely devastated, and never
    regained its pre-war prosperity.

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