• ...and executed in 399 B.C.. Socrates was the first of the three major Greek philosophers; the others being Socrates’ student Plato and Plato’s student Aristotle.
  • In Plato's version of the trial, Socrates mocks oratory as a deceitful rhetorical practice designed to lead jurors away from the truth.
  • Socrates Plato and Aristotle were all philosophers. Philosophy is the study of knowledge reality and existence especially when considered as an academic discipline.
  • This relationship owes its presence to the fact that Socrates is regarded as the father of philosophy, while Plato was his student (Plato and Socrates).
  • One of the primary differences between Plato and Socrates is that Plato gave a lot of importance to the soul of the human being than the body.
  • Socrates had a large impact on Plato, there is no doubt. But Socrates and Plato were different men, with different perspectives.
  • Plato, The Apology of Socrates. Stay up to date. Get the latest updates from the CHS regarding programs, fellowships, and more!
  • We saw the contextual reasons that made Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle reflect on wisdom, along with their different concepts of it.
  • Through their meeting, Socrates and Plato's intellectual journeys converged, forever shaping Western philosophy and inspiring generations of thinkers to come.