Socrates

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on. Also, he felt that man is good
in nature but can produce wrong. For example, "Socrates believed that to
do wrong is to damage one's soul, and that is the worst thing one can
do"(Grolier). From this he concluded that one should never return wrong,
and it is worse to do wrong than to be wronged. Socrates felt that
revenge was evil and would bring a man to his downfall. It was his
belief that self-conscious philosophy with correct morals would produce
worthy results.
Socrates influenced Western thought through his unique method of
thinking. Socrates introduced a concern for detailed method in thought,
and added an interest of logic in argument.
Socrates stressed that if man could retain knowledge than he should be
able to give definitions and details. These details should be used in
argument as a reason for many thoughts. Socrates also believed in a
unity of virtues, and that they all lead to knowledge. In his arguments
Socrates always insisted on a ...

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