Socrates
469-399 BCE 70 years
Greek: Σωκράτης
469-399 BCE 70 years
Greek: Σωκράτης
Greek philosopher, Plato was his recorder.
born in the "golden age" of Greece
father was a sculptor
taught freely in Athens, had money and time enough
to do so from his inheritance.
married Xanthippe, who became famous for throwing
boiling water in his face.
possible homosexual
accused by Athenian court of spreading views that
were harmful to the youth and society of Greece,
convicted, and sentenced to death by drinking
poison, though he was given opportunities to recant,
or move out of Athens.
drank the poison (hemlock) and died in Athens.
born in the "golden age" of Greece
father was a sculptor
taught freely in Athens, had money and time enough
to do so from his inheritance.
married Xanthippe, who became famous for throwing
boiling water in his face.
possible homosexual
accused by Athenian court of spreading views that
were harmful to the youth and society of Greece,
convicted, and sentenced to death by drinking
poison, though he was given opportunities to recant,
or move out of Athens.
drank the poison (hemlock) and died in Athens.
| Those in Delphi who wrote on the temple, Know Thyself, were concerned with the fifth body. They were working on it. Socrates continuously repeated: Know Thyself. He was concerned with the fifth body. For the fifth body, atmagyana, self-knowledge, is the only knowledge... --Osho The Psychology of the Esoteric, ch. 8 |
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