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Ep. 42 Who Was Socrates?

Open Door Philosophy

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The Agora: The Central Marketplace in Ancient Athens

Socrates is mentioned almost endlessly in any type of philosophical school that follows after his death. Most scholars think Socrates was a real person because we have so many contemporary and after accounts of him. This is later in Socrates' life after a stone masonry career and military career. When he really begins doing philosophy, like when we think of Socrates, the philosopher, he hung out in the Agora.

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