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11/30/2012 4:43:58 AM
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Was Socrates a real person?
I thought he was real but others say he was made up. Who can prove to me that Socrates was real?
[b]please elaborate![/b]
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Socrates was a Greek philosopher. If you want to know more, look him up in Wikipedia.
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If there were factual proof, I don't think the question would have ever been asked. That said, I for one think he existed. [Edited on 11.29.2012 8:45 PM PST]
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...[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates[/url]
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Any proof I could possibly drum up would just be some historian's word. I'm too lazy.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Puma Knight Socrates was a Greek philosopher. If you want to know more, look him up in Wikipedia.[/quote] Well others say that he was made up by Plato to give more meaning to his work. Since many accounts of his life are second hand people say they are not reliable if not even historically true.
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He better have been real, I bought his skeleton on EBay.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Godshatter He better have been real, I bought his skeleton on EBay. [/quote] You may have been gipped buddy.
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He never wrote anything. His student, Plato, only wrote about him.
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Well I take into account the many people who have mentioned Socrates in ancient texts, and the stuff accredited to him, and therefore do conclude he was a real person who lived thousands of years ago.
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He was in the Bill and Ted movies, so of course he's real.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Puma Knight Socrates was a Greek philosopher. If you want to know more, look him up in Wikipedia.[/quote]
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[url=http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/resourcesb/dav_soc.jpg]Pics.[/url] 'Cause it happened.
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Ancient texts from his student Plato; Aristophanes and Xenophanes suggest that he was a real person, which is most likely.
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I don't know. All we know of him are from books written by others (Plato being the most famous). How do we know that he actually existed rather than being a fictional character used to explain Plato's philosophical ideas? We do not. But I guess because Aristotle said "I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy" when he fled, clearly referencing Socrates, it can be assumed that he believed him to be a real person. As Aristotle was the student of Plato and Plato supposedly the student of Socrates, it is unlikely that Aristotle would have thought him a real person (as he clearly did) if he in fact was not.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Puma Knight Socrates was a Greek philosopher. If you want to know more, look him up in Wikipedia.[/quote]
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Why must we go after EVERY SINGLE CONSPIRACY? Yes, he was real. I time traveled, I met him, I told him that you didn't believe that he was real, and he told me to slap you. So, be ready. Gonna phase thru your screen.
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Socrates was actually a politician involved in declaring independance from Great Britain from what was known as the original thirteen colonies. Back then history books taught children that Socrates was actually a god sent back in time to become a philosopher but in actually he was born in 1719. It all had to do with brainwashing. [Edited on 11.30.2012 12:32 PM PST]
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All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal. I learnt it in Law School, it must be true. Syllogistic reasoning is fun.
