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Definition of Socrates

1. Noun. Ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC).

Definition of Socrates

1. Proper noun. A Classical Greek philosopher. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name) of mostly historical use. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Socrates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In this form of question, however simple, the originality of Socrates is ... Socrates desired not only that men might know, but that they might know and do. ..."

2. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"95 eeq., although the Platonic conception and representation of Socrates is here ... 92-94, and later •works relative to the mental development of Socrates, ..."

3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1859)
"tin; ruins of the republic, each citizen was permitted to have two wives at the same time, and that Socrates took the benefit of this new law. ..."

4. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"The other prytanes yielded ; Socrates alone remained firm and unmoved by the ... Iv.) Socrates appears to have held no office in the government except that ..."

5. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"Two authors will supply me principally with what I have to say upon this subject, Plato and Xenophon, both disciples of Socrates. ..."

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