9-399 BC) was born in Athens. He was the son of poor parents. His father was a sculptor and his mother was a midwife. He fought in the Peloponnesian War, as a soldier in the army. After he retired from the army, he devoted himself to his mission (to be a sort of "gadfly" to the Athenian State) with an extraordinary dedicated purpose.
             Socrates can be said to have instigated the process of individuality and expression of ones opinions through a rational process (ie. Socratic Method [discussed later]). In the dialogues of Plato, Socrates is 2"almost always the troublemaker who does not want to conf
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