Re: Practical and Cultured?
Nevermind now that most of what we know of Socrates as a historical figure comes from Plato too ;) (Originally Posted by Holysahib
Exactly, Socrates as historical figure vs. Socrates as a literary device exempt from criticism.
I suddenly see a interesting parallel between Socrates and Jezus...
Re: Practical and Cultured?
Xenophon wrote about him too, didn't he?
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Finished essays: The Italian Wars (1494-1559), The siege of Buda (1686), The history of Boius tribe in the Carpathian Basin, Hungarian regiments' participation in the Austro-Prussian-Italian War in 1866, The Mithridatic Wars, Xenophon's Anabasis, The Carthagian colonization
Skipped essays: Serbian migration into the Kingdom of Hungary in the 18th century, The Order of Saint John in the Kingdom of Hungary
Re: Practical and Cultured?
Yes he did, that work is called the apomneumaneumatha sokratou or something like that :p
And there were some others as well, but Plato's still the main source.
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