1. SOCRATES

2. Nickname:
Athenia
n Gadfly
Birthplace:
Birth:
Death:
469 B.C
Athen
s
399 B.C

3. Father:
Soproniscus
 Was a
sculptor or
stonemason
Mother:
Phaenarete
 Was a
midwife

4. Three Sons:
Wife:
Xanthippe
 Who was much
younger than he
 19 years old
married to 40
years old
Socrates
 Lamprocles the eldest
 Soproniscus
 Menexenus the
youngest

5. Contribution:
Educational
background:
 to the field of ethics
 his input to the field of
epistemology
 is also noteworthy logic
 Literature
 Music
 Gymnastics
Later he familiarized himself
with the rhetoric and
dialectics

6. His Personal Looks:
• He was stout and not tall
• Prominent eyes
• Snub nostrils
• Wide mouth

7. He participated in three military campaigns
during the Peloponnesian War:
 Potidaea – Battle of Sybota He saved the life of Alcibiades, a popular Athenian
general
 Battle of Amphipolis422 B.C, Athens vs. Sparta
 Battle of Delium424 B.C, Athenians vs. Boeotians

8. Trial and Death
Socrates was accused for “impiety” and
“corruption mine of the youth”. ”. He was
sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
The accusation contains two branches
1. One was religious that he was refusing
to worship the gods whom the state
worshipped
2. The other is apparently base on
moral, but perhaps base on political
grounds.

9. Hemlock or
Conium plant
 Grows in hilly in Northern
Eastern
 smooth green stem
 red or purple on the lower
half of the stem
 flowers are small
Socrates spoke his last words to Crit
saying, "Crito, we owe a Rooster to
Asclepius. Please, don't forget to pay
the debt."
 Crito – was
his friend
planned his
escaped
from
prison.
 During those time when
a patient was recovered
a rooster were sacrifice
to the God of Medicine
Asclepius.

10. He chose to stay for several reason:
1. He believe such a fear of death w/c he
believe his true philosopher
2. If he fled Athens his teaching would
fare no better in another country as he
would continue questioning all he met
and undoubtly incur their pleasure

11. His doctrine
Socratic Method
1. Will give you confidence In your
opinions and increase the
probability that they are true
2. A way to discover truth
3. Not debate (not proving your
position)
4. Truth to maieutic

12. Famous Quotes
• The unexamined life is not worth living
• Know thyself
• I know that I know nothing

13. Reference:
Studies Greek Philosophy
Written by Guy C Field
The question of Socrates
Written by R. L. Levin and J. Brewer
Greek thinkers. A History of Ancient Philosophy
volume 1-primary source edition
Written by Theodore gomperz
Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman
Philosophy
Written by C.D.C reeve Patrick Lee Miller
History of Western Philosophy
Written by Bertrand Rusell Salmorin