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Socrates was a great ancient sage.
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Socrates was a great ancient sage. Composed and modest man lived a decent life, didn't involve into politics or look for titles, money. His life was dedicated to process of perception and philosophy. Socrates could start to talk to a stranger and induce him to participate in a conversation. His manner of dispute gained interest: he didn't push or thrust his opinion on anybody and seemed to let an interlocutor to win the dispute. He asked questions and then, at the end, he simply abandoned a person confused and lost. Athenians suspected that Socrates wasn't just killing time and there should be some purpose of those conversations, but they could not understand it. So what did he look for? What did he want? Who was he? Many Socrates' contemporaries were trying to find answers to these questions. Socrates believed that he was a servant of the God, and claimed that he had...
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