Important notes on Socrates for NET, SET ,JRF, WBPSC Assistant Master and Mistress and literature students.

 Socrates (470-399 BC)

☆ Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher from Athens.

☆ He is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy.

☆ Unlike other philosophers, he did not write any works; most of what we know about him comes from his students, especially Plato and Xenophon.

☆ Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of Ethics and it is the Platonic Socrates who lends his name to the concept of Socratic Irony and the Socratic Method.

☆ He was prominently lampooned in Aristophanes' comedy "The Clouds".

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