Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who lived from about 470 to 399 BC. His philosophy is nevertheless timeless and even today many follow his words and his quotes to lead a much better ...

Marble statues of the Greek philosophers Socrates, right, and Plato sit in front of the Athens Academy. Socrates tried and failed to teach Alcibiades, a controversial political and military leader ...

The classical Greek philosopher Socrates is a fixture of literature and culture, but his legacy is complicated by the fact that what we know of him hasn't come to us directly from him, but from a ...