School of Socrates

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informal school of philosophy philosophical circle

The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	informal school of philosophy → philosophical circle →
country	Classical Athens →
describedIn	Platonic dialogues → later doxographical sources → works of Xenophon →
foundedBy	Socrates →
hasLanguage	Ancient Greek →
hasMember	Adeimantus → Aeschines of Sphettus → Alcibiades → Antisthenes → Apollodorus of Phaleron → Aristippus of Cyrene → Cebes of Thebes → Charmides → Critias → Crito of Alopece → Euclid of Megara → Euthydemus → Glaucon → Laches → Meno → Phaedo of Elis → Plato → Simmias of Thebes → Socrates → Xenophon →
influenced	Cynic school → Cyrenaic school → Elian-Eretrian school → Megarian school → Middle Platonism → Platonic Academy → Stoicism →
influencedBy	Socratic method → pre-Socratic philosophy →
locatedInTime	4th century BCE → 5th century BCE →
location	Athens →
mainInterest	definition of moral concepts → epistemology → ethics → method of inquiry → virtue →
notableIdea	examined life → knowledge as virtue → priority of ethics over metaphysics →
philosophicalTradition	Socratic philosophy →
religion	Ancient Greek religion →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antisthenes ("Socratic circle") → Μενέξενoς ("Socratic circle") →	associatedWith
Cyrenaic school of philosophy ("Socratic school") → Euclid of Megara ("Socratic school") →	tradition
Antisthenes →	educatedAt
Phaedo of Elis ("Socratic circle") →	memberOf
Aristippus ("Socratic school") →	philosophicalSchool
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ("Socratic schools") →	philosophicalSchoolsCovered
Clinomachus ("Socratic school") →	philosophicalTradition