... views, not those who held them, was! the focus of the curriculum. Socrates was an only child, who desired attention throughout his life. As a teen, he learned his father's trade. Socrates was said to have lived in Athens his entire live, he left for six years in his early twenties. ... Socrates, he responded by attempting to disprove the prophecy. Although Plato never mentioned it, some think Socrates received special access to the Oracle to test its powers. If he did, he continued to disprove the declaration of the Oracle by venturing out to seek wiser people than himself. He ... the ...

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