Synonyms for socrates
ˈsɒk rəˌtizsocrates

Princeton's WordNet

1. Socratesnoun

   ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)

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1. • Athenian
   • Philosopher

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1. List of paraphrases for "socrates":

   sócrates

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1. List of known nicknames for "Sócrates":

   Dr. Sócrates, Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira

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1. Mick Mulroy:

   My father was someone that I always looked to for guidance. I sought to emulate his beliefs and his actions. He was a former Jesuit Catholic priest turned professor and scientist. My father led by word and by deed. He taught me ethics and morality through the study of philosophy, especially that of Socrates.

2. Michel de Montaigne:

   There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

3. Francis Quarles:

   Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods.

4. Plato, Symposium:

   But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without any difficulty contradict Socrates.

5. Mark van Doren:

   An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure.