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    SOCRATES

    (Understanding the Self)

    Prepared by Group 1
    BSE 1-4
    Socrates, 71 yrs. old
    470 BCE - 399 BCE
    Athens, Greece
    Father of Western Philosophy
    Socrates
    - son of Sophroniscus (stonemason and sculptor),

    and Phaenarete
    (midwife).
    Socrates
    -married Xanthippe and had 3
    sons: Lamprocles, Sophroniscus
    and Menexenus.
    Socrates
    - received a basic Greek education and
    learned his father’s craft at young age
    (worked as stonemason).

    - became a “hoplite” in the Peloponnesian


    war (Athens & Sparta).

    -had his 2nd profession later (philosopher).


    Socrates as Philosopher
    and Teacher
    - focused on ethics and how people
    should behave rather than on the
    physical world.
    - justice and goodness are more than
    wealth and power.
    The Socratic Method
    He would ask questions and then discuss
    possible answers.

    Trial
    He was branded as traitor for “corrupting
    the youth” and “failing to acknowledge
    the gods of the city”.
    Socrates’ Death

    The Death of Socrates (Jacques-Louis David)

    He died by
    drinking hemlock.
    Philosophy on Self
    Physical (Body) Soul
    - mortal and - immortal and
    constantly changing unchanging
    - tangible - intangible
    - when died, it stays - travels to the ideal
    in the physical realm realm

    He believed that our true self is our soul, not the


    things we typically associate with making a
    person who they are (status, material belongings,
    physical appearance).
    References:
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    website. Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/scholar/socrates.

    Cartwright, M. (2013, February 09). Hoplite. Ancient History


    Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/hoplite/

    Menon, A. (2018). Philosophy Enthusiast. Quora. Retrieved from


    https://www.quora.com/What-is-self-according-to-Socrates

    Nelson, Ken. (2019). Socrates Biography. Ducksters. Retrieved from


    https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece/socrates.php

    Wikipedia contributors. (2019, June 19). The Death of Socrates.


    In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:39, June 30, 2019,
    from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Death_of_Socrates&ol
    did=902594240

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