Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 9: LECTURE NINE

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

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Socrates (469-399: his profession is enabling those around him to produce things of. A lower-class man that mixed among the upper class. Didn(cid:495)t have a fixed profession, but he wandered athens. 399: trial of socrates value: brought by private citizens for not believing in the gods, corrupting the youth, and introducing strange and foreign gods, made jokes along the way. Said that he should get free meals. Given hemlock: was sentenced to death. One of the students of socrates, how we get his teachings. All philosophy prior to socrates shuts down, you can(cid:495)t find one after socrates that wasn(cid:495)t a student of his or was taught by him: whatever they were doing before wasn(cid:495)t continued. Didn(cid:495)t have a formal school, but wander athens and ask them questions: is it truly socrates, plato(cid:495)s interpretation or a mix? gymnasium called (cid:494)the academy(cid:495) Came from an aristocratic family, destined for military, but rejected it. He left athens because athens executed socrates.