Genius of the Ancient World: Socrates ep.2
Bettany Hughes' series profiling the most celebrated thinkers of the Ancient world continues as she turns her attention to Socrates. Heading to Greece, she details how the Athenian philosopher secured a reputation as an influential maverick. [video poster="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GOTAW-ep-2-mp4-image.jpg" width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GOTAW-ep.2.mp4" id="1025" src="" loop="false" autoplay="false" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video] She also highlights how his contributions as one of the founders of Western philosophy did not please his detractors, as his outspoken defence of his beliefs ultimately led to his execution. Socrates (c. 470 – 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and is known as the first moral philosopher, of t