Be a Great Thinker: Book 2 - Socrates: Man, Myth and Teacher
By Adrienne Roth and Matthew Roth
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Socrates was a plain man in both dress and manner. He possessed a sharp point of view that placed him in an unusual and sometimes challenging place in a society that did not appreciate individualism. Yet it was that individualism that made him so special.
Socrates was the teacher of young, receptive men of ancient Athens, Greece, and he was beloved by his students. His students Plato and Xenophon introduced the world to Socrates, as they sought to have others embrace and understand Socrates’s philosophies and concepts.
In book two of our series, Be A Great Thinker, we will examine Socrates’s life and philosophies. We will focus on what made Socrates such a unique and dominant force and how his remarkable life and fascinating death changed the course of western philosophy.
Socrates brought the world a new way of questioning everything. Socrates created critical thinkers through his methods as he embraced individualism. His ideas helped others to live their best life, and his words still resonate in today’s more complex world.
Take a journey into the thoughts and philosophies of Socrates and discover how this great teacher, a man who lived a couple of millennia ago, still has a profound impact on today’s impressionable minds.
Book published by Wolf Lake Press
Adrienne Roth
ABOUT THE AUTHORSAdrienne Roth and Matthew Roth are passionate about Philosophy and Critical Thinking. They have spent their lives exploring ways to quantify their arguments, questioning flawed ideas, and trying to bring people together through truth and reality. With this book series, they want to show young adults how to do the same in their lives.
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Be a Great Thinker - Adrienne Roth
Be A
Great Thinker
Socrates: Man, Myth, Teacher
A Young Adult’s Introduction
Book 2
Adrienne Roth & Matthew Roth
Copyright © 2022 Adrienne Roth & Matthew Roth
Wolf Lake Press
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 979-8-9861552-0-3
Contents
So, Who Was The Great Thinker Socrates?
A Very Brief Biography Of Socrates
Socrates, The Myth, The Mystery, And The Teacher
The Socratic Method, Or Questioning Everything
Bringing A Bit Of Socrates Into Your Life
Be A Humble Person, Much Like Socrates
Socrates Warned Of Living A Too Busy Life
Socrates Felt That We Need To Be Citizens Of The World
Socrates Felt That We Should Never Seek Revenge
Socrates Believed That We Should All Have A Sense Of Humor
What Are Your Takeaways From Socrates?
About The Authors
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Book Cover Created by Mahabuba Akter
Book Layout Designed by Olivia Stone
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SO, WHO WAS The Great Thinker Socrates?
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
-Socrates
So, who was Socrates, and why does he still matter?
As the quote above reflects, he was a man who believed that we, as humans, must become enlightened and must learn all we can learn about the world. You may have heard his name at school, in books, on television, or on the internet. Socrates (pronounced Sock-rat-EEZ) is one in a group of famous Greek philosophers, and of those philosophers, he is among three mentioned frequently.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Of those three, Socrates came first.
What makes him so important, and why should we care about him today?
Good questions that deserve good answers.
Socrates was a bit of a rabble-rouser. He caused a copious amount of trouble, so much so that he was eventually tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death for his views. The man took risks in a society that did not appreciate those risks. He was a man ahead of his time in a backward world. When you are that kind of person, your words and actions can make a difference. His words certainly did. However, he paid the ultimate price for it.
What makes him so important? He is considered the first philosopher to introduce critical thinking methods. We still follow many of the techniques he introduced in his life and teachings a few thousand years