Saturday, March 10, 2018

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-11 Socrates

4/9/2016
Socrates - executed in 399 BC.
- Spent his time in disputation and taught philosophy to the young
- Account of his trial.
- Charged - "evil-doer"
- Indicated killing him is injustice
- He warned "far heavier" than you inflicted on me await you
- Liable to cataleptic trances
- Outstanding physical endurance to hunger and weather
- Was ethical rather than scientific.
- Nothing to do with physical speculation
- Knowledge is needed to make man virtuous
- dialectic, logic, discussion of knowledgeable people. 

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