socrates

Usually Socrates is considered to have inspired Plato, and by historians the early work of Plato is considered to represent Socrates' own views, whereas in the latter work, he is mostly a mouthpiece for Plato. But how do we know this? I consider it especially relevant due to the fact that there...

Indeed, the best age of Greek philosophy was the age of Socrates with no exceptions. The man’s nature was the main issue in the philosophical mind back then, and to reach to such a point, philosophers thought of many questions that were epistemological*. Further more, Ethics were that next step...

I wanted to start this here. I remember a professor in college telling me that there is no historical evidence that Socrates ever lived. Is this true? Has anyone read up on this?