SOCRATE

BIOGRAPHY

Socrates was a ancient Greek philosopher whose way of life,

character, and thought exerted a profound influence on
Western philosophy.

Born: C. 470 BCE, Athens [Greece]

Died: 399 BCE, Athens

Socrates was a widely recognized and controversial figure in his native Athens, so much so that
he was frequently mocked in the plays of comic dramatists. (The Clouds of Aristophanes,
produced in 423, is the best-known) Although Socrates himself wrote nothing, he is depicted in
conversation in compositions by a small circle of his admirers—Plato and Xenophon first among
them. He is portrayed in these works as a man of great insight, integrity, self-mastery, and
argumentative skill. The impact of his life was all the greater because of the way in which it
ended: at age 70, he was brought to trial on a charge of impiety and sentenced to death by
poisoning (the poison probably being hemlock) by a jury of his fellow citizens. Plato’s Apology
of Socrates purports to be the speech Socrates gave at his trial in response to the accusations
made against him (Greek apologia means “defense”). Its powerful advocacy of the examined life
and its condemnation of Athenian democracy have made it one of the central documents of
Western thought and culture.

I choose him because it is one of the most important to me, if you can make to love your family,
people, so you feel proud because always meet each other with a smile, and the smile is the
beginning of love, that helps to see around and the things that are good to you are very important
because all of people encounter a trials and problems in life so we must give a big of smile and a
love, love cures people both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

This philosopher is enlighten me that as a person we must show a love to those who need it and
this philosopher tells that never stop loving someone even though they refuse it and those people
who have a stone heart in order to heal we must give a love that they deserve, whatever person
he/she may be like a bad or a good don’t hesitate.
Resources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates