Plato appears to have considered The Clouds a contributing factor in Socrates ' trial and execution in 399 BCE.

He must have begun this about the year 405 BC, and by 400 he had perfected the dialogue, especially in the cycle directly inspired by the death of Socrates, and is considered a master of the genre.

The term is considered philosophically useful, however, as what came to be known as the Athenian school ( composed of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ) signaled a profound shift in the subject matter and methods of philosophy ; Friedrich Nietzsche's thesis that this profound shift began with Plato rather than with Socrates ( hence his nomenclature of " pre-Platonic philosophy ") was not sufficient to prevent the rise and perpetuation of the phrase " pre-Socratic philosophy.

Strauss considered one of the most important moments in the history of philosophy Socrates ' argument that philosophers could not study nature without considering their own human nature, which, in the words of Aristotle, is that of " a political animal.

The Socrates system was successfully deployed and considered instrumental in the economic recovery of the 1980s.

As for the East, the Greek ecclesiastical historians Socrates and Sozomen, who wrote a century after the event, reported that the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) considered ordering all married clergy to refrain from conjugal relations, but the Council was dissuaded by Paphnutius of Thebes.

However, Socrates considered positive aspects including prophesying ( a ‘ manic art ’); mystical initiations and rituals ; poetic inspiration ; and the madness of lovers.

By way of example, Socrates points to the fact that while in matters concerning specialised labour one would only take advice from the appropriate specialist, like for example builders ( τέκτονες ) about construction, in matters of state everyone's opinions is considered, which proves that political virtue is within everyone, or that at least that is what Athenians in their democratic ideals believe.

Generally, the works which are most often assigned to Plato's early years are all considered to be Socratic dialogues ( written from 399 to 387 ), but many of his Middle dialogues ( written from 387 to 361, after the establishment of his Academy ), and Later dialogues ( written in the period between 361 and his death in 347 ) incorporate Socrates ' character and are often included here as well.

Socrates, in Phaedo referred to the portion of the world he knew of as between the Pillars of Hercules and the River Phasis, while Herodotus considered Rioni as a boundary between Europe and Asia

Socrates and Polus debate whether rhetoric can be considered an art.

Socrates is considered an authoritative voice in the philosophic community so Kierkegaard begins with his ideas.

Now often seen as the very epitome of rational thought and as the founder of philosophy, Socrates freely admitted to experiencing what are now called " command hallucinations " ( then called his ‘ daemon ’).

As the founder of the maieutic method, Socrates becomes Maios ; Plato ( whose Greek name Platon means " broad-shouldered ") becomes Scapulas ( from scapula, shoulder-blade ); as the coiner of the term entelekheia ( lit.

Together with Plato and Socrates ( Plato's teacher ), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy.

Inspired by the admonition of his mentor, Socrates, prior to his unjust execution that " the unexamined life is not worth living ", Plato and his student, the political scientist Aristotle, helped lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

* Plato: Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

* Philosopher John Searle suggests that the Western canon can be roughly defined as " a certain Western intellectual tradition that goes from, say, Socrates to Wittgenstein in philosophy, and from Homer to James Joyce in literature ..."

Western humour theory begins with Plato, who attributed to Socrates ( as a semihistorical dialogue character ) in the Philebus ( p. 49b ) the view that the essence of the ridiculous is an ignorance in the weak, who are thus unable to retaliate when ridiculed.

While Western philosophy traces dialectics to ancient Greek thought of Socrates and Plato, the idea of tension between two opposing forces leading to synthesis is much older and present in Hindu Philosophy.

However, numerous Hillsdale students have, for years, called for considering the likenesses of more classical Western thinkers, such as Socrates, Cicero, Aristotle, Augustine, or Thomas Aquinas among others.

Some of the most important figures of Western cultural and intellectual history lived in Athens during this period: the dramatists Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophocles, the physician Hippocrates, the philosophers Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, the historians Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, the poet Simonides and the sculptor Phidias, The leading statesman of this period was Pericles, who used the tribute paid by the members of the Delian League to build the Parthenon and other great monuments of classical Athens.

Socrates begins one of the most influential dialogues of Western philosophy regarding the argument for inborn knowledge.

There were many Greek philosophers, but Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle tower above the rest and had enormous influence on Western society.

Western society may be thought of as following an evolution that began with the philosophers of Athens such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

In the preface to Book 5, Socrates defends dealing with Arianism and with political events in addition to writing about the church.

Paterson lawyer Socrates Tuttle both taught Hobart the law and helped advance his political career.

However, it was the figures of the poets Horace, Homer and Virgil, the philosopher Socrates, and the leaders Lucius Verus and Lycurgus which once graced the exedra whose political message was one of democracy and anti-tyranny.

Whereas the Republic is premised on a distinction between the sort of knowledge possessed by the philosopher and that possessed by the king or political man, Socrates explores only the character of the philosopher ; in the Statesman, on the other hand, a participant referred to as the Eleatic Stranger discusses the sort of knowledge possessed by the political man while Socrates listens quietly.

Both the Republic and the Statesman reveal the limitations of politics, raising the question of what political order would be best given those constraints ; that question is addressed in the Laws, a dialogue that does not take place in Athens and from which Socrates is absent.

Loyalties may be constructed upon the basis of unalterable facts that constitute a personal connection between the subject and the object of the loyalty, including loyalties based upon biological ties, or upon place of birth ( a notion of natural allegiance propounded by Socrates in his political theory ).

The Plaza also hosts other cultural events including art shows, concerts and political rallies The Socrates Garden is the old atrium of the Basilica de la Soledad converted into a public park in 1881, conserved the bronze chalice which was also made in 1881.

He regarded the trial and death of Socrates as the moment when political philosophy came into existence.

Theon was the father of the mathematician Hypatia whose murder was attributed by Socrates Scholasticus to " political jealousy " which instigated mob violence.

These lines of thought began before Socrates, who turned from his philosophical studies from speculations about nature to a consideration of man, viz., political philosophy.

The term " gadfly " ( Ancient Greek: μύωψ, mýops ) was used by Plato in the Apology to describe Socrates ' relationship of uncomfortable goad to the Athenian political scene, which he compared to a slow and dimwitted horse.

) In Plato's Republic, which is set in the 5th century BC, Socrates says that the Spartan and Cretan type of political regime is the favorite of " the many ".

Plato mentions many contemporaries of Socrates, from political figures to sophists, often using them as characters in the dialogs and foils for his criticism.

Bands included Socrates Drank The Conium ( anglophone progressive rock ), Exadahtylos ( political / satirical lyrics ), Pelóma Bokioú ( Santana-like Latin rock with Greek lyrics ), Poll ( folk with vocal harmonies, Greek lyrics ).

In addition to arguing that Socrates was most pious, and, as the most self-controlled of men, the least likely to corrupt the youth, Xenophon deals with informal political accusations not directly addressed in the Apology of Plato ( or Xenophon's own Apology ).

This debate is in turn an important element in our understanding the Trial of Socrates, and in particular to the debate over whether the religious terms of the official accusation against Socrates ( impiety ) were a cover for political animosity against him.