Socrates: Biography of a Great Thinker

Socrates was one of the founders of Western Philosophy. He is credited with inventing a new form of discourse, the Socratic Method, which revolutionized teaching and is still widely used today. His methods won him few fans, however, and ultimately he was charged with corrupting the youth of Athens and was put to death. Learn more about the mysterious man who taught Plato and so many others.

As Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Our Great Thinkers playlist celebrates influential thinkers who have changed the world for the better.

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Host: Liliana de Castro
Artwork: Kim Parkhurst
Directed by Michael Harrison
Written and Produced by Kimberly Hatch Harrison

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Bust of Socrates in the Louvre
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Author: Eric Gaba (Sting)

Socrates by Leonidas Drosis, Athens - Academy of Athens
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Author: DIMSFIKAS at Greek Wikipedia ; corte Eugenio Hansen, OFS

Columns of the Temple of Apollo
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Author: Patar knight

Delphi composite picture
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Author: Leonidtsvetkov

Bust of Plato
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Author: Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow) 2009

Parthenon from the South
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Author: Thermos