# Socrates

> He wrote nothing, taught by question, and drank poison rather than recant. Fifth-century Athens put Socrates to death for impiety and corrupting the young—and in doing so made him the founding martyr of Western philosophy.

*5th-century BCE Greek philosopher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/socrates

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Brazil
- **Born:** 1954-02-19
- **Died:** 2011-12-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 470 BC in Classical Athens, Socrates spent his life interrogating citizens in the agora, using relentless questions to expose contradictions in their supposed knowledge—a method his student Plato would immortalize in dialogues that became the blueprint for Western thought. He claimed to know only that he knew nothing. In 399 BC, he was tried on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth; the trial lasted a single day. Sentenced to death, he refused escape and drank hemlock. Because he authored no texts, everything known about him comes from others—chiefly Plato and Xenophon—whose conflicting accounts created what scholars call the Socratic problem. Medieval Islam studied him, the Renaissance claimed him, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche wrestled with him. The man remains an enigma; the influence is everywhere.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 92.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 33.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 33.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Global rank:** #23
- **Country rank:** #1
- **Category rank:** #3

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1419271/ (@nm1419271)

## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Literature, #Brazil, #Americas, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102331)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/S%C3%B3crates)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Socrates)
- [سقراط](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7)
- [سقراط](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7)
- [Sokrates](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokrates)
- [Socrates](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates)
- [Сократ](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [سوقراط](https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7)
- [Sokrat](https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokrat)
- [Sócrates](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates)
- [Sokrat](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokrat)
- [सुकरात](https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4)
- [سوقراط](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7)
- [सुकरात](https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4)
- [Сократ](https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [Socratés](https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrat%C3%A9s)
- [Sokrates](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokrates)
- [Suokrats](https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suokrats)
- [ছক্ৰেটিছ](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9B)
- [Socrates](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates)
- [Сакрат](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [Сакрат](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [Socrates](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates)
- [Сократ](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [सुकरात](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4)
- [ሶቅራጠስ](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B6%E1%89%85%E1%88%AB%E1%8C%A0%E1%88%B5)

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