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Posted by Tel Asiado Jun 4, 2008 |
Great Thinkers Datebook: June 4.
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher, is born June 4. He believed in self-knowledge and the value of self-analysis. Together with Plato and Aristotle, they laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture.
He did not write nor publish any works but his teachings were enormously influential. Written about by Plato, he spent most of his life in Athens, engaging those he met in philosophic discussions. Believing that the highest menaing of life is attained through self-knowledge, he tried to convince his fellow men of the calue of self-analysis.
Socrates was loyal to his "mission statement" and aware of the "demons" inside that leads human beings astray from their better selves. Found guilty of impiety and corruption of the young, he was condemned to death. He poisoned himself.
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