CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because he wrote nothing, what we know of his ideas and methods comes to us mainly from his contemporaries and disciples. There were a number of Socrates’ followers who wrote conversations in which he appears.
Detailed explanation-2: -The plays that killed Socrates Most of what we know about Socrates comes from just three sources: Plato, Aristophanes the playwright, and Xenophon the historian. Plato’s account may be the most well-known, but Aristophanes’ was the first.
Detailed explanation-3: -Socrates was one of the most prominent ancient Greek philosophers. Socrates spent the majority of his life asking questions, always in search of the truth. He is responsible for developing what is known as the Socratic method, a technique still used by professors in law schools today.
Detailed explanation-4: -Socrates himself left no writings, and most of our knowledge of him and his teachings comes from the dialogues of his most famous pupil, Plato (427-347 B.C.), and from the memoirs of Xenophon.