Socrates

Socrates (470 BC – 399 BC) was one of the most famous Greek philosophers. He showed how argument, debate, and discussion could help men to understand difficult issues. Most of the issues he dealt with only seemed to be political. They were actually moral questions about how life should be lived.^[1] Socrates had so much influence that philosophers before him are called the Presocratic philosophers.^[2]

1. ↑ Plato. The last days of Socrates. Translation and introduction by Hugh Tredennick. Penguin, London
2. ↑ Guthrie W.K.C. 1962. A history of Greek philosophy. Cambridge University Press, London. Volume 1 The earlier presocratics and the pythagoreans. Volume 2 The presocratic tradition from Parmenides to Democritus.