ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Socrates (469-399 BCE) was a Greek Philosopher who thought and taught through argumentative dialogue, or dialectic. Socrates did not write down any of his thoughts, however his dialogues were recorded by his student and protégé, the philosopher Plato (428 – 347 BCE).

Detailed explanation-2: -Socrates never wrote anything down because he found writing to be inferior to dialogue as a method of inquiry. That’s kind of a problem if we’re to evaluate his ideas. Socrates never wrote anything down because he found writing to be inferior to dialogue as a method of inquiry.

Detailed explanation-3: -The philosopher Socrates remains, as he was in his lifetime (469–399 B.C.E.), an enigma, an inscrutable individual who, despite having written nothing, is considered one of the handful of philosophers who forever changed how philosophy itself was to be conceived.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Importance of Socrates’ Philosophy Socrates himself never wrote anything, and in Plato’s writing, where he uses Socrates as the main character in his dialogues, it can be difficult to tell how much is the historical Socrates and how much is Plato.

Detailed explanation-5: -Socrates and Plato are two famous Greek philosopher’s whose ideas still impact society today. In ancient Greece, philosophers contemplated and theorized about many different ideas such as human nature, ethics, and moral dilemmas.