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Was Socrates Ugly?
Imagine a nerd with projecting eyes that comfortably catch up with things sideways and ‘large fleshy lips like an ass’. That was our Socrates!! You see, the problem with Socrates’ look often being described as ugly lies majorly in its repulsiveness; being different from the classical Greek definition of beauty. As the saying goes,…
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How did Socrates make money?
This article attempts to answer how Socrates made money and was able to live fine despite being a full-time philosopher before his death. It is a myth that Socrates was very poor. One source had written that in his days, at the time when a skilled worker earned around 5 drachmas a day, Socrates’…
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Did Socrates Believe in Fate?
Looking at the things that should be considered for a better understanding of this topic, writing a book on it would be the best option, but I’d try to keep it succinct— so I exhort you to read through carefully with an open mind. It may be hard to determine whether Socrates believed in…
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Philosophy Or Literature, Which Is More Important?
Which is more important, philosophy or literature? Not to be one-sided, but based on the various research I have carried out, I can say that literature is more important than philosophy. Permit me to be quite direct in my analysis herein, nailing the topic once and for all. What is philosophy? As gathered from…
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Was Socrates a Christian?
Jesus and Socrates were both philosophers and prophets of relatively the same paradigm of ideas, and they preached in what seemed like the same trajectory. Upon hours and hours of research, we found therefore that there is every reason to agree that Socrates was a Christian thinker or, rather loosely a Christian, as some…