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==Time line==

==Time line==

His elementary school education included literature, music and gymnastics (this is neither known nor maintained by reputable scholarship on Socrates, recent or otherwise). He then studied Philosophy and Public Speaking. Socrates could not have studied "philosophy," as the formal study of it had not began. Moreover, in the Republic, Laws, Phaedo, Apology, Timeus, and Meno Socrates disapproved of the sophists (public rhetoricians). Therefore, it is unlikely he sought to study or emulate their practice. Socrates' father, Sophroniscus is thought to have been a stone carver; however, it is not known if Socrates took up the family trade. Therefore, it is contentious to maintain: He was a sculptor like his father. His statue, ''The Three Graces'', was at the entrance to the Acropolis for over six hundred years. He had no formal students. A veteran of the Peloponnesian war, he began philosophical conversations and debates with people in restaurants and stores. His teachings included that ignorance is the cause of all vice, and he emphasized being rational and questioning one’s own thoughts and inner voice. He was condemned by a small majority rather than unanimously. His defense was that what he did wasn’t bad enough to receive death, but might be worth a small fine.<ref>based on Funk & Wagnals New Encyclopedia. ''Socrates.'' F & W’s bibliography for their article on Socrates includes: Guthrie, W.K.C. ''A History of Greek Philosophy.'' 1981. Cambridge. (about the course of Greek philosophy), and Montuori, Maria. ''Socrates: Philosophy of a Myth.'' Humanities. 1981. (about Socratic mythology.) and other books.</ref>

His elementary school education included literature, music and gymnastics. He then studied Philosophy and Public Speaking. He was a sculptor like his father. His statue, ''The Three Graces'', was at the entrance to the Acropolis for over six hundred years. He had no formal students. A veteran of the Peloponnesian war, he began philosophical conversations and debates with people in restaurants and stores. His teachings included that ignorance is the cause of all vice, and he emphasized being rational and questioning one’s own thoughts and inner voice. He was condemned by a small majority rather than unanimously. His defense was that what he did wasn’t bad enough to receive death, but might be worth a small fine.<ref>based on Funk & Wagnals New Encyclopedia. ''Socrates.'' F & W’s bibliography for their article on Socrates includes: Guthrie, W.K.C. ''A History of Greek Philosophy.'' 1981. Cambridge. (about the course of Greek philosophy), and Montuori, Maria. ''Socrates: Philosophy of a Myth.'' Humanities. 1981. (about Socratic mythology.) and other books.</ref>

==The question of the historical Socrates==

==The question of the historical Socrates==