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n. - Ancient Athenian philosopher.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Socrates: That is to say, I, Socrates, am talking?
  • Socrates: All agents have a different patient in Socrates, accordingly as he is well or ill.
  • Take Socrates 'utterance of ˜Socrates utters a falsehood™, where Socrates utters nothing else.
  • (echoing Socrates): Socrates’ judgment that it is better to suffer evil rather than to do it is conveyed to us by Plato in the Apology
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