Socrates

Socrates “Socrates” The most interesting and influential thinker from a Logic perspective was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise of Philosophy. Since he sought genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent, Socrates employed the same logical tricks developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursuit of truth. We know much about his life, methods and results from the writings of his students such as Plato, as he himself never wrote anything. The problem some scholars have with Plato is that he had a tendency to interject his own theories and commentary into dialogues that were presented to the world as discussions between Socrates and other famous figures of the day. During his life, Socrates utilized four aspects in his approach to philosophy. They are; Ironic Modesty, Questioning Habit, Devotion to Truth, and Dispassionate Reason. His philosophy, sadly, ultimately lead him to trial in the Athenian court, where he was socrates, philosophy, wrong, truth, state, never, life, death, since, reasoning, rather, plato, ought, one, himself, even, escape, disobey, action, wrote, writings, world, whose, victory, value, utilized, ultimately, tricks, trial, transformed, though, thinker, theories, tendency, students