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Socrates

What would you do If you knew in your heart that something that you knew was truly the right thing, and the church accused you of being a hermit? Well for that was the way his whole life was. He was one of the many scientists in ancient Greece to go beyond the beliefs of the church.
was born and lived in Athens all his life. Through out his life he married Xanthippe, and had 3 sons. He was never very rich, but he never excepted money for his great teachings, but he would except food and other offerings similar to that. He was alone with his ideas and never really had a big influence in his life. His main method of living was always asking “why”. He went through out his life saying ...

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He went from seeming very dignified to just another poor commoner on the street. Once more and more people learned about him, they began to stay away from him, forbidding their kids to listen to a word that he said, for he was contridicting everything that Athens has stood for and known their whole life. He was put to trial and found guilty, and was sentenced to death.
Without and the many scientist that died to learn more about the earth and the way of living, we might still be living in the past. With coming out and not being afraid of the truth we have learned more that we possibly could have imagined. how ever never answered his own questioning, we still learned much from him, most important not to be afraid to question reality, and to ask “why”. ...

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Added: 12/12/2008 12:49:34 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 362
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