Outdoor sitting marble Socrates statue Athens

Socrates is one of the founders of Greek philosophy. Western philosophy and the tradition of Western ethical thought were described by the first moral philosopher.

Socrates was an ancient Greek thinker, idealist philosopher, and educator. The life of Socrates, according to ancient records, was born in the golden age of Athens under the rule of Pericles, but his family was very poor. Socrates was born in the golden age of Athens and died in the decline of Athens. He witnessed the process of the decline of Greek society from prosperity to decline.

He and his student Plato, and Plato’s student Aristotle were collectively referred to as the “three sages of ancient Greece”, and were widely regarded as the founders of Western philosophy by later generations. The great man Socrates experienced the process of Athenian democracy from its prosperity to its decline. Facing the motherland in disaster and decline, Socrates not only used his own body but also used his own mind-with profound philosophical thought and educational practice, in an attempt to redeem it all. He did not leave any works, but his influence was huge. His behavior and doctrine are described in the plays of later scholars-mainly his student Plato and the contemporary playwright Aristophanes.