Socrates was a Greek Philosopher, who profoundly affected Western philosophy through his influence on Plato. Born in Athens, the son of Sophroniscus, a sculptor, and Phaenarete, a midwife, he received the regular elementary education in literature, music, and gymnastics. Later he familiarized himself with the rhetoric and dialectics of the Sophists, the speculations of the lonian philosophers, and the general culture of Periclean Athens. Initially, Socrates followed the craft of his father; according to a …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

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