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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Socrates (as reported by Plato) 1
Socrates (character) 1
Socrates as practical and moderate 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (143)

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

Phaedo → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
Phaedrus → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
Philebus → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
Statesman → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
Theaetetus → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
Timaeus → featuresCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
School of Socrates → foundedBy → Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
Socrates' Thinkery → hasLeader → Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socrates (character)
School of Socrates → hasMember → Socrates ⓘ
Socratic family → hasMember → Socrates ⓘ
Sophroniscus → hasRelative → Socrates ⓘ
Socratic family → headOfFamily → Socrates ⓘ
Anaxagoras → influenced → Socrates ⓘ
Antisthenes → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Aristippus → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Aristotle → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Cynic school → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Cynicism → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Epictetus → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Epicurus → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Euclid of Megara → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Marcus Aurelius → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Megarian school → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Memorabilia → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: historical Socrates
Plato → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Zeno of Citium → influencedBy → Socrates ⓘ
Apology → mainCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
Charmides → mainCharacter → Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Euthydemus