Socrates

Okay, well, my viewpoint is:

the reason why one could argue that Socrates was a "common" sophist (being payed for knowledge) is, because he also got payed for his knowledge, more often with (personal) favours than with monay, but he was payed. so far the conventional Sophist.

deeper:

sophist as in altering his knowledge as to suit what people expect, or being payed for.

well, when conquering people with questions that lead to further questions, it is inevitable to keep on questioning and not agreeing on something eventually. so here it is probable that he contradicted his own viewpoint just to prove that another person did not have an answer to this question.

secondly, in "Apology" (thats how the text was called that we had in our lecture) he says he will not bring his family into the courtroom, but he mentioned it and that alone already contradicts his "not using his family to gain extra points".

that, for now, is the only (possible) explenation i could give :)

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Socrates was put on trial in ancient Athens for impiety and corrupting the youth. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock. Socrates chose to accept his punishment rather than fleeing into exile, as he believed in upholding the laws of the city.

Socrates believed that man is a rational and thinking being capable of self-reflection and introspection. He emphasized the importance of questioning and seeking knowledge to better understand oneself and the world around us.

True to his teaching that "an unexamined life is not worth living" (Apology, 36a), Socrates spent most of his days examining the real reasons, or motivation, behind his human acts . His final act, in fact, epitomized what he was all about: Falsely sentenced to death for corrupting the youth and not believing in the ancestral gods (Apology, 17-42), Socrates, rather than suffer exile from the Athens he loved so much, willingly and with his own hand ended his life with a drink of deadly hemlock. Plato and Xenophon, Socrates' main biographers, paint his vocation, or calling in life, as an ardent desire to help people to live life to the fullest; that is, to live in conformity with their human nature (Phaedo, 63c).

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I don't think it was either of them - it was Demosthenes.

He is credited as one of the founders of Western Philosophy, but don't take my word for it, read for yourself. It's what Socrates would have wanted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Yes Socrates was married and had three sons.

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Socrates is considered to be The Founder of Western Philosophy and one of the most brilliant individuals to have ever lived. He aided in the development of Western morality, ethics, epistemic thought. The majority of Western society can be traced back to Socrates, if only in-part.

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The ancient philosopher Socrates is known for many famous sayings and values that have been inspirational throughout the centuries. One particular motto that has been ascribed to him (although it may in fact have its origins in Plato or some other ancient philosopher) and has served as a code of conduct for human behavior well into modern times is this: "Know thyself."

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Got owened by Ponyboy no joke...Lol

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Yes he was.

In Nicomachean Ethics, he states that wealth does not bring happiness, but this is only because he was a wealthy and that was not a factor for him to achieve. "Happiness should be the highest goal in life." Which is true, but it is easy for him to say because he was a wealthy man.

Socrates was a philosopher who died because of his differing opinions from those in political power. Socrates questioned wisdom, truth, and the fact of the Greek gods. He felt that wisdom had not been obtained by anyone around him, more specifically himself. In that, he publicly chastised those around him. He angered the powers that be and his view was one of absolute truth, that being, he felt that he was right and would die to defend his thoughts and beliefs, he was one of the first known martyrs.One of his many famous quotes, "The only true knowledge comes from knowing that you know nothing". He clashed with the people of Athens as his views were considered radical and he was known for "swaying" the young men of Athens to question the truth, question if they know what is really real. He chose to die even though he was unjustly convicted. He felt that it was his time to die and that it was wiser to die when he chose rather than to die in old age.....this is of course only a synopsis of the life of Socrates... for more information...look up the Socratic Method which will give you more information about decision making. Then Socrates died in 366 BCE. Useful info thanks :)

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Socrates is considered to be The Founder of Western Philosophy and one of the most important humans to have ever lived. He has influenced countless philosophers, including his disciple, Plato, and Plato's student, Aristotle. Socrates provided the basis for modern ethics and epistemic thought.

Yes. He was born about 470 and died in 399 B.C. He was an unusual, influential, and controversial philosopher. Not a lot is known about his life. He was Plato's teacher. He thought of himself as a practical man interested in living well. He believed in the self-discipline of moral reason to free us from distracting desires and in a life of enquiry. He questioned himself and others to discover better ways of thinking and living. He didn't write any books. He was executed, supposedly, for being impious and corrupting young men, but probably really for encouraging people to think for themselves, which is always a threat to established political authority.

Socrates drank Hemlock under orders from the state for "corrupting the youth of athens". His teachings challenged some of the set ideas in society at that time, and this caused hostility on behalf of the authorities.

The importance of idealism lies in the fact that idealism is the driving force behind industry. People have ideas about how they'd like the world to be, and that evolves into idealism. Idealism plus invention leads to improvement.

The home of the famous philosopher, Socrates, and also the birthplace of democracy was ancient Athens. Located in the southeastern portion of mainland Greece in the eastern portion of the Mediterranean Basin, Athens enjoyed a Golden (or, Classical) period in which both Socrates and democracy were born. On both counts, civilization has been profoundly influenced -- and is likely to continue to be influenced.

They lived in a state of almost continual warfare - against other peoples whose lands the tried to takeover, against the Assyrians, the Persians, Thracians, Macedonians, you name it. But principally against each other.

The Greek world was comprised of a couple of thousand independent city-states, and at any time some were fighting each other, broken only by a short peace when the religious festival of the Olympic Games was on every four years.

This fighting was curtailed when Rome took them into its empire and enforced a period of peace.

Sophocles was born and lived in the 4th century BC. He was a Greek tragedian and his plays are still available today.