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socrates

/ˈsɑkɹətiz/

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What does socrates mean?

noun

  1. Acronym of site, onset, character, radiation, associations, timecourse, exacerbating and relieving factors, and severity (of pain).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. The Greek philosopher, 470–399 BC.

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/ˈsɑkɹətiz/

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Yes, Socrates, he said, and if you were providing for a city of pigs, how else would you feed the beasts?
PlatoThe RepublicTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1497
Besides, the method of arguing, of which Socrates here makes use, is it not equally admirable both in simplicity and vehemence?
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
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I have always felt that the poor lady was greatly abused, and that Socrates deserved all he received from her, and more.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
For the historian of metaphysics, Socrates marks an epoch, but for the historian of science he is a much less consequential figure.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
I think there is still rather a warm feeling for Socrates the man, independent of what he said, which is little known.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671