Socrates was born in Athens in 469 or 470 BC, apparently to a non-poor family. His father, Sophronix, was a stonecutter, later taught this craft to his son, and his mother, Phenaret, was a midwife.
Socrates studied with Anaxagoras of Clazomen, a man who was considered one of the most famous philosophers of our time, and a friend of the family.
Around 440 BC, an epidemic of plague struck Athens. In this regard, Pericles invited to the city priestess of the temple of Apollo Diotima from Mantinea
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Socrates was born in Athens in 469 or 470 BC, apparently to a non-poor family. His father, Sophronix, was a stonecutter, later taught this craft to his son, and his mother, Phenaret, was a midwife.
Socrates studied with Anaxagoras of Clazomen, a man who was considered one of the most famous philosophers of our time, and a friend of the family.
Around 440 BC, an epidemic of plague struck Athens. In this regard, Pericles invited to the city priestess of the temple of Apollo Diotima from Mantinea to perform a ceremony of purification of the capital of Greece. Socrates was present at this ceremony, and Diotima initiated it into the mystery of Eros. Plato wrote about this in detail in the dialogue “Feast”.
In 433 BC, the Peloponnesian War broke out between Athens and Sparta, and Socrates went to war. In 432 he participated in the battle of Potidea, where he heroically saved the life of his friend Alcibiades. Ten years later, the battle of Amphipolis took place, which the Athenians lost, and Socrates, along with the remnants of the army, had to retreat. According to legend, he left facing the enemy.
That Socrates was destined to be a great philosopher, he learned from the Delphic oracle in adulthood. When the oracle proclaimed: “The wise Sophocles, wiser than Euripides, and wiser than all Socrates.” Socrates replied, “I only know that I know nothing.”
Socrates left no written work behind. He did not write down his thoughts, for he believed that the only realm of wisdom was living dialogue. About his philosophical heritage, descendants learned only thanks to his students - Plato, Xenophon and others.
Almost nothing is known about Socrates’ first marriage, but the second time he married an elderly man, almost an old man, to the grumpy Xantippe, and they had three children.
Between 406 and 405 BC, Socrates became a member of the Athenian Council of Five Hundred. This Council tried the generals who had won the battle of Arginus. The philosopher, first with the support of like-minded people, and then alone, opposes the death penalty of soldiers.
In 404 BC, Thirty Tyrants came to power. Refusing to obey an unjust order, Socrates drew anger and was sentenced to death. In 399, a court in Athens accused Socrates of “inventing new gods.” Socrates believed that there was only one god and corrupted the youth. Socrates pleaded not guilty. According to the law, he had to be in prison for 30 days after the sentencing, and the students tried to arrange his escape. Socrates refused, preferring to drink a cup of poison. /