socrates and the dawn of reason

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socrates and the dawn of reason

Post by teslacoils2006 »

Any thoughts on why Socrates is so important to the modern age?
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Why is he more important to this age than any other? I would have thought his importance has always existed at much the same level in all ages, none of which have ever really known how to think critically and dialectically.

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Did you steal this post title from 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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