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Essay Galaxy - Socrates
Socrates was an ancient Greek thinker whose work proves a major turning point in Western Philosophy. He invented a method of teaching by asking questions, which was called the Socratic method. This method searched for definitions and turned Philosophy from the study of how things are to a consideration of the health of the human soul. Much of this work was brought out by his student, Plato.
Socrates was born in Athens, Greece and lived there all his life. When he did leave it was to serve in the Peloponnesian War. He was married to a woman named Xanthippe and they had two sons. In 399 BC, at about the age of 70, he was accused of impiety and of corrupting the youth of the city by questioning tradition. He was sentenced to death by drinking poison. Many of the details of his life are recorded in Plato's di....
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