Socrates: A Great Philosopher Kimberly Whitaker Honors Survey of World History: HONR 1151 Dr. Veula J. Rhodes, Instructor Albany State University November 22, 1999 Foreword Thesis: Exploring Socrates and his philosophies give the seeker a new understanding of the life and society in which Socrates lived. With this new understanding, one can compare or contrast other views of the period. In doing this, the researcher is provided with a map of ideas and philosophies throughout history. This map …showed first 75 words of 1789 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1789 total…J. L. “Socrates,” in The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1975. Stone, I. F. The Trial of Socrates. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988. Notes i. The Athenian jury votes twice in a criminal trial. The first vote is for conviction or acquittal. If found guilty the second vote is for the penalty. ii. Due to varying interpretations of ancient texts, the final votes are not really known. These are the commonly accepted figures.