... of his student Plato. Although Socrates also appears as a character in the later dialogues of Plato, these writings more often express philosophical positions Plato himself developed long after Socrates's death. "In the Socratic dialogues, his extended conversations with students, statesmen, and friends aim at understanding and achieving virtue through critical thinking.", The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin, 1995). Destroying the illusion that ... ...

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