Top 7 Intriguing Facts about Socrates

By MindStick

Socrates was not born into nobility he had very minimal Greek education and learned masonry from his father at a tender age.

He made money from teaching and practiced his father’s trade of sculpting and masonry

Socrates was not a fan of religion, he tried to convert young people from religion.

His discoveries and teachings on epistemology were recorded and taught by his students Xenophon and Plato.

Socrates had a motto- Know thyself, which meant that people ought to examine their lives.

He died of hemlock poisoning

Socrates is known to have taught Alexander the Great- between 356-323 BCE, Plato, Aristotle and many more.

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