What are some of Sacrates philosophy? What important things did he do ?

Question

Hello, everyone, I'm researching on Sacrates one of the famous greek philosophers, and I wanted to know more about his philosophy and what he did that was important. Like the story of his death. How he died ? Why. I want the story. Thanx I could really use the help.

Answer 1

well the big three were, in the age of enlightened thinking:
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
and i think the main theme was " an unexamined life is not life at all " or something to that effect
as to how he died , maybe he ate poisin oak ?

Answer 2

Socrates 470-399 BC. Plato wrote about him as a divine man who obeyed the voice in his head. Socrates was executed after trial and he could have avoided both by abandoning his philosophy and gone home to mind his own business. Aristotle was a young man when Socrates died. These three men were your thinkers of their time. Socrates was a stonemason and a teacher. The stonemasonry was taught to him by his father. Justice and the pursuit of goodness didn't work with the "Might Makes Right" crowd so he was executed because he made the wrong group mad.

Answer 3

Socrates (Greek: Σωκράτης, invariably anglicized as [ˈsɔkɹətiːz], Sǒcratēs; circa 470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. The most important source of information about Socrates is Plato. Plato's dialogues portray Socrates as a teacher who denies having disciples, as a man of reason who obeys a divine voice in his head, and a pious man who is executed for the state's own expediency. Socrates disparages the pleasures of the senses, yet is excited by beauty; he is devoted to the education of the citizens of Athens, yet indifferent to his own sons. He is often held to be the founder of Western philosophy, and its most influential practitioner.

The trial and execution of Socrates was the climax of his career and the central event of the dialogues of Plato. According to Plato, both were unnecessary. Socrates admits in court that he could have avoided the trial by abandoning philosophy and going home to mind his own business. After his conviction, he could have avoided the death penalty by escaping with the help of his friends. The reason for his cooperation with the state's mandate forms a valuable philosophical insight in its own right, and is best articulated by the dialogues themselves, especially in his dialogue with Crito.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Socrates (469-399), despite his foundational place in the history of ideas, actually wrote nothing. Most of our knowledge of him comes from the works of Plato (427-347), and since Plato had other concerns in mind than simple historical accuracy it is usually impossible to determine how much of his thinking actually derives from Socrates.

The most accurate of Plato's writings on Socrates is probably the The Apology. It is Plato's account of Socrates's defense at his trial in 399 BC (the word "apology" comes from the Greek word for "defense-speech" and does not mean what we would think of as an apology). It is clear, however, that Plato dressed up Socrates's speech to turn it into a justification for Socrates's life and his death. In it, Plato outlines some of Socrates's most famous philosophical ideas: the necessity of doing what one thinks is right even in the face of universal opposition, and the need to pursue knowledge even when opposed.
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/SOCRATES.HTM

Answer 4

Wrong place to ask really.

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

Answer 5

Google his name correctly - socrates - and I am sure all your questions will be answered. I am not doing your HW for you!

Answer 6

google
youre in wrong sect