Socrates

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Socratic philosopher ancient Greek classical Athenian philosopher human philosopher

Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Socrates canonical	259
Socrates of Athens	2
Sócrates	2
Σωκράτης	2
Socrates (as main interlocutor in other Platonic dialogues)	1
Socrates (as reported by Plato)	1
Socrates (character)	1
Socrates (the elder, as listener)	1
Socrates as practical and moderate	1
Socrates respected the gods	1
Socrates, Athenian philosopher	1
historical Socrates	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Socratic philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek ⓘ classical Athenian philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
associatedWith	Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ surface form: Plato's dialogues Xenophon ⓘ surface form: Xenophon's writings
birthPlace	Athens ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution by drinking hemlock ⓘ
child	Lamprocles ⓘ Menexenus (son) ⓘ Sophroniscus (son) ⓘ
citizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Classical Athens ⓘ
convictedOf	corrupting the youth of Athens ⓘ impiety ⓘ
dateOfBirth	5th century BCE ⓘ circa 470 BCE ⓘ
dateOfDeath	399 BCE ⓘ
fieldOfWork	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Antisthenes ⓘ Aristippus ⓘ Cynicism ⓘ Euclid of Megara ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ
influencedBy	Anaxagoras ⓘ Heraclitus ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
knownFor	Socratic method of questioning ⓘ claiming to know that he knew nothing ⓘ dialogue-based inquiry ⓘ elenchus (cross-examination) ⓘ ethical focus of philosophy ⓘ
languageSpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	central character in Platonic dialogues ⓘ foundational figure in Western philosophical tradition ⓘ origin of Socratic irony concept ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	capital punishment ⓘ
method	Socratic method ⓘ elenchus ⓘ
militaryService	Athenian army ⓘ
movement	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ
name	Socrates self-link ⓘ
nativeName	Σωκράτης ⓘ
notableFor	Socratic method ⓘ Socratic problem ⓘ founding figure of Western philosophy ⓘ his execution by hemlock ⓘ his trial in Athens ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ teacher ⓘ
parent	Phaenarete (mother) ⓘ Sophroniscus (father) ⓘ
participatedIn	Peloponnesian War ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Socratic method ⓘ surface form: Socratic school
placeOfDeath	Athens ⓘ
portrayedIn	Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ surface form: Aristophanes' Clouds Apology of Socrates ⓘ surface form: Plato's Apology Crito ⓘ surface form: Plato's Crito Phaedo ⓘ surface form: Plato's Phaedo Plato's Symposium ⓘ Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ surface form: Xenophon's Memorabilia
religiousBelief	traditional Athenian religion (contested) ⓘ
servedAs	hoplite ⓘ
spouse	Xanthippe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David → depicts → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: The Death of Socrates

Socrates → name → Socrates self-link ⓘ

A History of Western Philosophy → discusses → Socrates ⓘ

Plato → studentOf → Socrates ⓘ

Plato → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Crito → associatedWith → Socrates ⓘ

Phaedo → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ

Classical Athens → notablePhilosopher → Socrates ⓘ

Apology of Socrates → mainCharacter → Socrates ⓘ

Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePhilosopher → Socrates ⓘ

La Mort de Socrate → depicts → Socrates ⓘ

Lamprocles → childOf → Socrates ⓘ

Lamprocles → associatedWith → Socrates ⓘ

Lamprocles → father → Socrates ⓘ

Menexenus (son) → childOf → Socrates ⓘ

Menexenus (son) → father → Socrates ⓘ

Menexenus (son) → relative → Socrates ⓘ

Antisthenes → studentOf → Socrates ⓘ

Antisthenes → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Sophroniscus (father) → child → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophroniscus

Anaxagoras → influenced → Socrates ⓘ

Plato's Symposium → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ

Plato's Symposium → doctrineReportedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Plato's Symposium → includesSpeechBy → Socrates ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Socrates ⓘ

Socratic method → namedAfter → Socrates ⓘ

Socratic method → developedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Xenophon → educatedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Xenophon → wroteAbout → Socrates ⓘ

Cynicism → wasStudentOf → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Antisthenes

Cynicism → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Western philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Socrates ⓘ

Xanthippe → spouse → Socrates ⓘ

Xanthippe → spouseOf → Socrates ⓘ

Sophroniscus (son) → father → Socrates ⓘ

Phaenarete (mother) → child → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Phaenarete

Phaenarete (mother) → associatedWith → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Phaenarete

Aristophanes' play Clouds → parodies → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Clouds

Aristophanes' play Clouds → satirizes → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Clouds

Aristophanes' play Clouds → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Clouds

Euclid of Megara → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Euclid of Megara → studentOf → Socrates ⓘ

Marcus Aurelius → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Aristippus → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

Aristippus → associatedWith → Socrates ⓘ

Presocratic philosophers → precedes → Socrates ⓘ

Presocratic philosophers → influenced → Socrates ⓘ

Aristotle → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ

José Sócrates → familyName → Socrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sócrates

Xenophon's Apology of Socrates → mainCharacter → Socrates ⓘ