Thought to be the son of a stone-mason, this famous Athenian philosopher believed in teaching through encouraging and challenging others to question their beliefs, preconceptions and prejudices.
He wrote nothing himself: it is mainly through Plato's early dialogues and Xenophon's memoirs that we know about his teaching methods and personality. He condemned the often glib, ready-made rules for success as offered by the Sophists, and regarded it as his duty to shake people out of ill-founded complacency.
He was condemned to death in Athens in 399BC, aged 70, and forced to drink hemlock.
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bust of Sokrates
dimensions
Height including his base: 18.5cm
about the material
The material is keramin, a durable plaster polymer compound with a light ochre finish applied by hand. There may, therefore, be a slight variation in colour from piece to piece. The piece is mounted on a marble base.
Made in Greece in the workshop of the Semitekolo family with whom It's All Greek has been workimg since 1999.