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Socrates
Socrates was an Athenian philosopher who wrote nothing himself but questioned his fellow citizens about justice, virtue and knowledge, a method of inquiry known through the dialogues of his pupil Plato and the writings of Xenophon. In 399 BCE he was tried for impiety and corrupting the young, condemned and executed by drinking hemlock. He is regarded as a founder of Western philosophy.
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