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Thinker · 470–399 BCE

Socrates

Wrote nothing. Walked the streets asking strangers what they meant. Was sentenced to death for corrupting the young — and drank the hemlock rather than recant. Invented Western philosophy by accident.

Contributions
  • Socratic method of questioning
  • Care of the soul as ethical priority
Words that traveled
"
The unexamined life is not worth living.
— Socrates
"
I know that I know nothing.
— Socrates