Socrates

Intro Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. 399 BC) who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socratic literary genre. Contradictory accounts of Socrates make a reconstruction of his philosophy nearly impossible, likes to talk philosophy and ask questions about why things are the way they are