Influences Of Socratic Philoso

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accused of
being a sophist (a designation he bitterly resented), as his thoughts
were very similar to those of a sophist.
During the age of the sophists, Socrates (470-399 B.C.) became
known as one to talk with the people he met in the marketplaces and
city squares of Athens, and could also have been seen standing lost
in thought for hours on end. Although he never once wrote a line,
Socrates would become one of the philosophers who has had the
greatest influence on European thought, not least because of the
dramatic manner or circumstances of his death, which have been
questioned for 2,400 years. He would however not be the first or last
to have seen things through to the bitter end, and suffer the
punishment of death for the sake of his convictions.
Since Socrates recorded none of his discussions or thoughts on
philosophy, we know of his life mainly through the works of Plato, who
was a pupil of Socrates. Plato used Socrates as his principal
mouthpiece or ...

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