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Socrates dad was the statuary Sophroniscus and his mom was the midwife Phaenarete.
He compared himself to a midwife meaning that as a midwife helps a woman give birth to a child he helped men give birth to the knowledge they had within.
He claims that he is a midwife as he provides a service to the world by giving them the truth that they already have inside of them through philosophy; much like a midwife provides a service.
his mom(Phaenarete) was a midwife, which was someone(usually a woman) who helped people with child birth. His dad (Sophroniscus) was a stone cutter/carver who worked with stone.
his mom(Phaenarete) was a midwife, which was someone(usually a woman) who helped people with child birth. His dad (Sophroniscus) was a stone cutter/carver who worked with stone.
Socrates dad was the statuary Sophroniscus and his mom was the midwife Phaenarete.
socrates mother was a midwife her name is phaenarete she owend a small cottage where socrates was born.
Socrates father was Sophroniscus and his mother was Phaenarete. According to writings by Plato, Socrates father was a stonemason and sculptor and his mother was a midwife.
He compared himself to a midwife meaning that as a midwife helps a woman give birth to a child he helped men give birth to the knowledge they had within.
He claims that he is a midwife as he provides a service to the world by giving them the truth that they already have inside of them through philosophy; much like a midwife provides a service.
Mother - Phaenarete, a midwife. Father - Sophroniscus, a sculptor.
Soc rtates father was a worker and the mother was a midwife.
Ilai Alon has written: 'Socrates Arabus' -- subject(s): Intellectual life, Sources 'Socrates in mediaeval Arabic literature' -- subject(s): Intellectual life
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his mom(Phaenarete) was a midwife, which was someone(usually a woman) who helped people with child birth. His dad (Sophroniscus) was a stone cutter/carver who worked with stone.
his mom(Phaenarete) was a midwife, which was someone(usually a woman) who helped people with child birth. His dad (Sophroniscus) was a stone cutter/carver who worked with stone.
Socrates famously compared his role as a philosopher with that of a midwife; it was not possible to impart knowledge to his students, any more than it is possible for a midwife to give birth. Yet, the philosopher is not useless; he arranges the conditions under which learning may occur, just as the midwife prepares the mother to give birth. Yet it is the student (or the mother) who must do the hard work.