He was responsible for creating the Socratic Method which influenced today's current
scientific method, used to create and analyze experiments to make new discoveries or prove theories.
Socrates is an ancient philosopher of Greece. He is best known through the works of his student Plato. The Philosopher's name is enunciated Sock-Ra-Tease.
Plato was the most influential of Socrates' students and by far one of the most enthusiastic. He is attributed with recording the majority of Socrates' works, since Socrates had never written down any of his philosophical ventures. In fact, contemporary scholars still find it difficult to differentiate the writings of Socrates and Plato (the Socratic problem).
Socrates did not leave behind any written works. All that we know of him (his life, his philosophy) is based on the writings of his students and contemporaries: most notably, Plato's dialogues. However, scholars haven't always agreed that these dialogues reveal an accurate portrayal of Socrates; hence, the "Socratic Problem" emerges.
Socrates had brown eyes, some may say blue, but he has brown eyes.
Socrates was a great orator. Many of his achievements were philosophical in nature. He was also a statesman. Much of Socrates's dialogue (and monologue) is found in various works, as they were written down later on after he had spoken. Socrates was the inventor of the Socratic method, which largely depends on students having to speak aloud in conversation with teachers or professors in a classroom setting.
The complete works of Plato.
Plato, the avid student of Socrates, described the condemnation of Socrates and the decline of Athens in these works:1. Euthyphro; 2. The Apology; 3.Crito; and 4. Phaedo.
Socrates is an ancient philosopher of Greece. He is best known through the works of his student Plato. The Philosopher's name is enunciated Sock-Ra-Tease.
With respect to Socrates, he is referred to in works by Xenophon and Aristophanes. The chief source of our understanding of him, though, comes from the dialogues of Plato, one of his students. Those dialogues have been studied since Plato wrote them. They are works of philosophic genius that have withstood all the tests of time. Aristotle, one of Plato's students, knew them well and argued against some of Plato's teachings while accepting others. Plato's dialogues and ideas were spread during the Hellenistic period and have been studied by scholars and mined by philosophers for 2400 years. Plato's Socrates in the dialogues probably expressed Platonic ideas that the historical Socrates never held; in other words, Plato probably used Socrates to express some of his own views. But some of those dialogues were circulated while people who knew the historical Socrates were still living and Plato's early dialogues probably provide a lot of accurate information about the historical Socrates. The idea that Socrates was invented in the 20th century is without foundation. .
Plato was the most influential of Socrates' students and by far one of the most enthusiastic. He is attributed with recording the majority of Socrates' works, since Socrates had never written down any of his philosophical ventures. In fact, contemporary scholars still find it difficult to differentiate the writings of Socrates and Plato (the Socratic problem).
Socrates did not leave behind any written works. All that we know of him (his life, his philosophy) is based on the writings of his students and contemporaries: most notably, Plato's dialogues. However, scholars haven't always agreed that these dialogues reveal an accurate portrayal of Socrates; hence, the "Socratic Problem" emerges.
Socrates had brown eyes, some may say blue, but he has brown eyes.
The most famous student of Socrates who founded the academy was Plato [Πλάτων]. Since Socrates did not leave any written doctrines Plato in his works provides all the issues that had been examined by Socrates.
Socrates accomplishments were that he was the only philospoher that believd in truth and was interested in thinking
Socrates was a great orator. Many of his achievements were philosophical in nature. He was also a statesman. Much of Socrates's dialogue (and monologue) is found in various works, as they were written down later on after he had spoken. Socrates was the inventor of the Socratic method, which largely depends on students having to speak aloud in conversation with teachers or professors in a classroom setting.
You can read the "Apology" by Plato to read what Socrates said during his trial.
One example of a philosopher who wrote works praising another philosopher who left no writings is Plato, who extensively praised Socrates in his dialogues. Socrates himself never wrote anything, so our knowledge of his philosophy comes mainly from the works of his students, such as Plato.