Socrates

Socrates, a classical Greek Philosopher was born in the year 469 B.C.E at Athens. He was the son of an Athenian stonemason and sculptor named Sophroniscus. He was pictured as person that rarely or never wash clothes and walk around Athens barefooted. Socrates is a non-conformist person. Non-conformist refers to one that does not accept or reject to be in an usual beliefs, customs or practices. He questioned everything including the truth about god’s words and curios why he was a little ugly man differently from what consider as grateful and beautiful in Athens. He likes to find the truth and correct the lazy assumption. Socrates gave the world a valuable gift that is to think logically about ourselves in order to become more confident, independent and less problem in facing what others think about us. Basically, Socrates was the founder of the critical thinking. He develops this method of questioning and cross-examination of position that consider as the perfect critical thinking. Critical thinking is the state when one is using all knowledge and intelligence to be in sensible and logical position. Socrates died in 399B.C.E because he took hemlock, a poison.