How Did Socrates’ Life Affect The Morals of His Philosophies?
In the fifth century, following the Peloponnesian war, in the golden age with Pericles ruling over Athens, Greece Socrates impacted and altered many lives in different ways. With his wits, bravery, courage, and audacious attitude Socrates added many philosophical beliefs that created a foundation for many other philosophical people to build upon. Socrates had his own method called the “Socratic method”. It was a way to teach students more effectively in
Socrates’ eyes. Socrates didn't record his life and philosophies, so we depend and rely on his students, mainly Xenophon and Plato for their own records. The records from Plato and
Socrates
weren't too irreconcilable, but Plato was his student as well as an independent philosopher himself. Xenophon didn't right quite as much, but both students had down the appearance and accomplishments on Socrates. Socrates was born circa 470 BC in Athens,
Greece. It is also known that he did not descend from a noble family and got a standard (not prevailing- the education is much different from today’s) education. Socrates’ father was
Sophroniscus, who was married to a mid-wife. Sophroniscus was a stonemason and sculpting artist. Before his most of his accomplishments and philosophy, Socrates was believed to be one as well. Socrates’ wife, Xanthippe, was disgruntled with his profession that he'd turned into a lifestyle. They had three sons, Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus. His sons wouldn't become philosophers as he had little to do with their upbringing. It was a paucity of people who'd ever follow philosophy. Socrates’ like other abled men were required to become a soldier, and in this time period, Socrates displayed acts of valor. Socrates’ life affected his philosophies and how he thought. Three ways his life impacted his thinking would be Socratic
Method, or elenchus, his philosophies on The Symposium, a philosophical text written by
Socrates’ student, Plato. The last place his life event had impacted would be when he modified the text of the Sophites.