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Examine what is known about the ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates from Plato's dialogues and other sources
View Yannis Simonides performing Socrates Now, a theatrical adaptation of Plato's Apology of Socrates, with remarks on Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela
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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
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Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Examine what is known about the ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates from Plato's dialogues and other sources
Philosopher and educator Mortimer J. Adler discussing Socrates as a man, a teacher,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
View Yannis Simonides performing Socrates Now, a theatrical adaptation of Plato's Apology of Socrates, with remarks on Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela
Yannis Simonides performing excerpts from his one-man show, Socrates Now,...
Video: Courtesy of Northwestern University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Herm of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, from a Greek original, second half...
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Socrates, Roman fresco, 1st century bce; in the...
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The Death of Socrates, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1787; in the...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection; Wolfe-Fund, 1931 (accession no. 31.45); www.metmuseum.org
Aristophanes
Aristophanes, marble double bust, early 4th century bce;...
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York
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Socrates, marble portrait bust; National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Socrates and his students
Socrates and his students, miniature from Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Mukhtār al-ḥikam...
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Socrates, herm with a restored nose probably copied from the Greek original by Lysippus,...
Courtesy of the Soprintendenza alle Antichita della Campania, Naples
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