Socrates is the ancient Greek thinker who known as a founder of critical thinking for the western philosophical thought. His “Socratic Method” involved asking investigation question in a give and take which would eventually lead the truth. Socrates’ iconoclastic attitude didn't sit well with everyone, and at age 70 he was charged with heresy and corruption of local youth. Convicted, he carried out the death sentence by drinking hemlock, becoming one of history's earliest martyrs of principles. Socrates’ most famous pupil was Plato.
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