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Encyclopedia > Socrates (disambiguation)

Socrates can refer to these people:

It may also refer to: This page is about the Classical Greek philosopher. ... Ten thousand (10000) is the natural number following 9999 and preceding 10001. ... A Hipparchos, or in Latinized form Hipparchus was an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a hipparchia (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units can be commanded by an Epihipparchos Categories: | ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... Socrates Scholasticus was a Greek Christian church historian; born at Constantinople c. ... Sócrates. ... José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (pron. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ... Saukrates debut album. ... Socrates and Stephen are a pair of Christian martyrs. ...

  • Socratic method, the method of teaching used by Socrates
  • Socrate, a symphonic drama about Socrates by Erik Satie
  • Socrates programme, a European education programme
  • Socrates by VTech, an 8-bit edutainment system which featured a wireless controller
  • Socrates Drank The Conium (sometimes abbreviated to Socrates), a Greek rock band of the 1970s.
  • Socratic (band) Rock Band from the 2000s originating from New Jersey
  • A character from the computer game, World of Warcraft
  • Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in Footrot Flats
  • Socrates, a chessplaying computer program.

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Socrates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3438 words)
Socrates lived during the time of the transition from the height of the Athenian Empire to its decline after its defeat by Sparta and its allies in the Peloponnesian War.
For this, Socrates is customarily regarded as the father of political philosophy and ethics or moral philosophy, and as a fountainhead of all the main themes in Western philosophy in general.
Socrates explains that he is himself barren of theories, but knows how to bring the theories of others to birth and determine whether they are worthy or mere "wind eggs".
socrates - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (3171 words)
Socrates (June 4, 470 – 399 BC) (Greek Σωκράτης Sōkrtēs) was a Greek (Athenian) philosopher and one of the most important icons of the Western philosophical tradition.
For this, Socrates is customarily regarded as the father and fountainhead for ethics or moral philosophy, and of philosophy in general.
Socrates appeared in other plays by Aristophanes such as The Birds because of his being a philodorian, and also in plays by Callias, Eupolis and Telecleides, in all of which Socrates and the Sophists were criticised for "the moral dangers inherent in contemporary thought and literature".
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