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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V Socrates, the Truth-Seeker At the opening of this new epoch appears the great name of Socrates, one of the three giants of philosophy. He came upon the stage of action at the opportune time. Philosophy had been degraded by the Sophists. It was the crisis in philosophical thought. Socrates the Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V Socrates, the Truth-Seeker At the opening of this new epoch appears the great name of Socrates, one of the three giants of philosophy. He came upon the stage of action at the opportune time. Philosophy had been degraded by the Sophists. It was the crisis in philosophical thought. Socrates the Truth-seeker became the redeemer of philosophy. It was his mission to restore its true character. He put to flight the philosophical anarchists about him and prepared the way for Plato and Aristotle. This distinguished Athenian, born B.C. 469, was the son of Sophroniscus and the midwife Phaenarete. His parents were poor, for Socrates is represented as having been too poor to pay the fees required for instruction by the Sophists of his time. This, nodoubt, caused him in after years to refuse pecuniary recompense. He first wrought with his father as a sculptor. A wealthy Athenian, Crito, withdrew him from the shop and educated him. This Crito afterward became a reverential disciple of the great genius he had discovered. Socrates followed his intellectual taste in becoming a student of philosophy. He familiarized himself with all previous philosophic thought and prevalent culture in cultivated Athens, which, however, only enabled him to exhibit a more complete originality of thought. As to his personal appearance he was almost, if not quite, a monstrosity. In this he appears in striking contrast to the Grecians who were distinguished generally for their handsome features and noble proportions. "His face was squat and round, his eyes protruding, his lips thick. He was clumsy and uncouth in appearance and careless in dress." Barefoot, he wandered about the streets of classic Athens absorbed in thought; sometimes he stood still for hours, fixed in meditation. Every day he Books, History~~General, Ancient-Masters-And-Jesus~~William-B-Hartzog, 999999999, Ancient Masters And Jesus, William Benjamin Hartzog, 0559155212, BiblioBazaar, , , , , BiblioBazaar<

ISBN: 9780559155215

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHA… More...

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER V Socrates, the Truth-Seeker At the opening of this new epoch appears the great name of Socrates, one of the three giants of philosophy. He came upon the stage of action at the opportune time. Philosophy had been degraded by the Sophists. It was the crisis in philosophical thought. Socrates the Truth-seeker became the redeemer of philosophy. It was his mission to restore its true character. He put to flight the philosophical anarchists about him and prepared the way for Plato and Aristotle. This distinguished Athenian, born B. C. 469, was the son of Sophroniscus and the midwife Phaenarete. His parents were poor, for Socrates is represented as having been too poor to pay the fees required for instruction by the Sophists of his time. This, nodoubt, caused him in after years to refuse pecuniary recompense. He first wrought with his father as a sculptor. A wealthy Athenian, Crito, withdrew him from the shop and educated him. This Crito afterward became a reverential disciple of the great genius he had discovered. Socrates followed his intellectual taste in becoming a student of philosophy. He familiarized himself with all previous philosophic thought and prevalent culture in cultivated Athens, which, however, only enabled him to exhibit a more complete originality of thought. As to his personal appearance he was almost, if not quite, a monstrosity. In this he appears in striking contrast to the Grecians who were distinguished generally for their handsome features and noble proportions. "His face was squat and round, his eyes protruding, his lips thick. He was clumsy and uncouth in appearance and careless in dress." Barefoot, he wandered about the streets of classic Athens absorbed in thought; sometimes he stood still for hours, fixed in meditation..Every day he Books Books ~~ History~~ General Ancient-Masters-And-Jesus~~William-B-Hartzog BiblioBazaar This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<

ISBN: 9780559155215

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. William Benjamin Hartzog, Books, History, Ancient Masters and Jesus Books>History This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<