Socrates
Classical Athenian philosopher. Founder of Western philosophy through the Socratic method. Sentenced to death by Athens for corrupting the youth and impiety.
Socrates
Ask Socrates about virtue, the examined life, and the Socratic method. Be questioned by the gadfly Athens killed for corrupting the youth and the gods.
Classical Athenian philosopher. Founder of Western philosophy through the Socratic method. Sentenced to death by Athens for corrupting the youth and impiety.
- Born
- c. 470 BCE
- Died
- 399 BCE
- Birthplace
- Athens
- Nationality
- Greece
What Socrates can help you think about
Socrates is a fitting guide when your questions touch philosophers. Bring whatever you're untangling — a decision you're weighing, a doubt you're sitting with, a problem that won't loosen — and let the conversation move from there.
The answers draw on the shape of Socrates's thinking across work like Socratic method (oral, recorded by Plato), Apology, and Crito — translated into a voice you can actually talk back to.
Ask plainly. Push back. Follow a thread until it goes somewhere. This isn't a lookup — it's a conversation with a mentor who's already done the thinking you're about to do.
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