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Socrates (470/69 B.C. – 399 B.C.)

Greek, born in Athens

Adjective: Socratic

Associated isms: skepticism

Works (approximately 0 words): No extant writings, but the Apology of Plato is alleged to be a record of an actual speech of Socrates

Major contributions:

Logic: Socratic method defined standards of reasoning and definition

Ethics: Famous for examining the nature of various virtues

Representative quotations:

• "...the unexamined life is not worth living for man..." (38a)
• "I am wiser than this man; it is likely that neither of us knows anything worthwhile, but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas when I do not know, neither do I think I know; so I am likely to be wiser than he to this small extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know." (21d)
• "Crito, pay a cock to Asclepius; make this offering to him and do not forget." (118e)

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