SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY AND ITS HISTORY

Ali Naki
Ali Naki
Sep 9, 2018 · 2 min read

Philosophy fundamentally means the study of human nature,psyche (how the human brain act ,not in a scientific manner but at a level of our conscience),our and God’s existence from an academic point of view. Socrates in here is referred to the most prestigious and unparalleled Greek philosopher of all time. He is also considered prudent for the instauration of Philosophy to our civilization. He was born circa 470 BC in Athens , Greece (well known for smart as a whip humans). Socrates’ life incidents were not recorded that much that’s why we do not cognize much about him. But thanks to Plato, his student, more precisely his favorite one, who wrote about Socrates’ works and life crisis which we could decode.

Portrait of Socrates’ Head, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

SOCRATES’ EARLY LIFE

Socrates was born to a not so noble family, his father Sophroniscus was a sculptor and his mother Phaenerete was a Mid-Wife. He always used to influence him regarding the art of sculpting and beauty of nature. So as a result, he learnt his father’s art at a young age and perhaps also acquired greek education. Moving forward to his marriage life, he married a very young women, Xanthippe,and she gave birth to three sons, Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus. Socrates early life was full of crisis but as he started studying elephantine and big books on philosophy, his interest in philospohy increased manyfolds. He started living on his own ,in other words, he started loving the feeling of Solitude. As his knowledge about the human world increased he started teaching philosophy to children and also adults.

Greek Philosophers, University of Canterbury

THE DEATH OF SOCRATES

The execution of Socrates was elaborated by Plato in one of his work Phaedo. Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth by the law and as a result he was given a death sentence called ‘HEMLOCK DEATH’ , in which the person has to gulp down the poison from a cup and have to roam around until his legs go numb and he falls. So Socrates was called for his trial and was given the life sentence, he also set an example of bravery by not taking the exile instead taking the life sentence without denial. Socrates’ last words were “Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Please, don’t forget to pay the debt.” Which further shows he was a man of gratitude.

Ali Naki

Ali Naki

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