Socrates

Born: 470 AD
Died: 399 AD.
Nationality: Greek

Socrates


470 BC - He was born in Athens, Greece. A Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy.
403 - When the democratic constitution of Athens was overthrown for a brief time, four years before his trial, he did not leave the city, as did many devoted supporters of democratic rule, including his friend Chaerephon, who had gone to Delphi many years earlier to ask the oracle whether anyone was wiser than Socrates.
400 BC - At age 70, he was brought to trial on a charge of impiety and sentenced to death by poisoning (the poison probably being hemlock) by a jury of his fellow citizens
399 BC - The trial of Socrates occurred soon after Athens's defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
- He died in Athens.


Famous Quotes from Socrates

• "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."