480- WHO WAS THIS EMINENT GREEK THINKER NAMED SOCRATES, And WHY IS HE STILL A UNIVERSAL SAGE?.....

a- He was born in Athens, 470 B.C. and was the first of the great ancient Greeks thinkers!
b- He, along with Plato and Aristotle, in time, are responsible for the philosophical foundations of the Western cultural world.
c- Socrates was at home in the streets and especially the marketplaces. Can you imagine someone being and doing that in our American Society today?
d- His method of seeking "truth" with others included questions and answers, using a dialogue method! His goal was to check the logic and truth of philosophic posers.
e- It is true that we believe that he wrote nothing down, not finding anything ever in writing. For over 200 centuries, we know about his thoughts and actions from being
written down by one of his students...PLATO!
f- As a philosophy major, the squire used and uses the "Socratic-style" method of teaching and idea presentations in person and in writing!
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