Socrates (disambiguation)
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Socrates is a Greek name (Σωκράτης), which has recently also been transliterated as Sokratis in English. The best known of this name is the Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates
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Socrates may also refer to:
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary ...
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Socrates may also refer to:
Ancient Greece
- Socrates of AchaeaSocrates of AchaeaSocrates was a Greek mercenary general from Achaea who traveled to Persia to fight at the Battle of Cunaxa. Xenophon describes him as brave in war and a reliable friend. Socrates was summoned by Cyrus, with whom he was already connected, to bring as many troops as he could muster under the...
(c. 436-401 BC), a mercenary general of the Ten Thousand - Socrates of MacedonSocrates of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see Socrates Socrates , son of Sathon was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Apollonia , since at least the beginning of the Asiatic expedition.-References:...
, a hipparchos or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army - Socrates the Younger, an interlocutor in Plato's Statesman
In Christianity
- Christian martyrs Socrates and StephenSocrates and StephenSocrates and Stephen are a pair of Christian martyrs. Their feast day is September 17.They are recorded in certain martyrologies as having been martyred in Britain. It has been conjectured by some that what may have happened was that "in Britannia" was mistakenly written for "in...
- Socrates of Constantinople (born c. 380), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian
- Socrates B. VillegasSocrates B. VillegasSocrates Buenaventura Villegas,D.D. , born in Manila, September 28, 1960, is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, Philippines. He was also elected Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines ...
(born 1960), a Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines
Sports
- SócratesSócratesSócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, MD, , more commonly known simply as Sócrates, is a Brazilian former association footballer....
(born 1954), a Brazilian football player - Sokratis BountourisSokratis BountourisSokratis Boudouris is a Greek footballer who last played for Panthrakikos in Beta Ethniki.-Career:Born in Karditsa, Greece, Boudouris started his professional career in Anagennisi Karditsa and played for the club from 1995 until 2001. Boudouris played in Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki for the...
(born 1977), a Greek football player - Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), a Greek football player
- Sokratis LagoudakisSokratis LagoudakisSokratis Lagoudakis was a Greek long-distance runner who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....
(1861-1944), a Greek track athlete - Sokratis PapastathopoulosSokratis PapastathopoulosSokratis Papastathopoulos is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Werder Bremen on loan from Genoa and the Greek national team, as a defender. Since the surname Papastathopoulos cannot fit on his club shirt, his first name Sokratis is usually displayed instead; however, a common nickname...
(born 1988), a Greek football player
Other
- Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), a Greek businessman
- Socrates N. ShermanSocrates N. ShermanSocrates Norton Sherman was a U.S. Representative from New York, a physician, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1801-1873), U.S. Representative from New York and officer in the American Civil War - Assassination of Sokratis GioliasAssassination of Sokratis GioliasThe assassination of Sokratis Giolias took place 2010 when Giolias, a Greek investigative journalist and broadcaster, was shot approximately 15 times at close range outside his home in Ilioupoli, Athens...
(1973-2010), a Greek journalist - Sokratis SkartsisSokratis SkartsisSokratis Skartsis is a Greek poet and writer, as well as a professor in the University of Patras. He is also a founding member of the University of Patras Poetry Symposium. He has published 150 books, including poetry, literature studies, etc.-Works:...
(born 1936), a Greek poet - SaukratesSaukratesKarl Amani Wailoo , better known by his stage name Saukrates , is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer of Guyanese descent. He is the co-founder of Capitol Hill Music, and lead singer of hip-hop/R&B group Big Black Lincoln...
(born 1977), a Canadian rapper - Sokratis MalamasSokratis MalamasSokratis Malamas is a Greek singer and songwriter.One of the great songwriters of his generation with a very personal and identifiable musical style in his narrative songs....
(born 1957), a Greek singer/songwriter
In literature
- Socrates, a pseudonym for Ludwig van Kempen (also known as Ludovico Santo di Beringen), one of PetrarchPetrarchFrancesco Petrarca , known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch is often called the "Father of Humanism"...
's addressees - Socrates, a pseudonym for the mentor-like figure in the books written by Dan MillmanDan MillmanDan Millman is a former Trampolining world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor and college professor, and an author of fourteen self-help books, currently published in 29 languages, the most famous of which is the semi-autobiographical novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior ,...
In entertainment
- SocratesSocrates (Voltaire)Socrates, written by Voltaire, the famous French philosopher in the mid 17th Century, is a play in three acts that concerns itself with Socrates and the events just before his death during his trial. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion...
, a play by VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state... - SocratesSocrates (1971 film)Socrates is a 1971 Spanish, Italian, French film directed by Roberto Rossellini.-Cast:*Jean Sylvère as Socrate*Anne Caprile as Santippe*Giuseppe Mannajuolo as Apollodoro*Ricardo Palacios as Critone*Antonio Medina as Platone*Julio Morales as Antistene...
, a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini - SocrateSocrateSocrate is a work for voice and piano by Erik Satie. First published in 1919 for voice and piano, in 1920 a different publisher reissued the piece "revised and corrected". A third version of the work exists, for small orchestra and voice, for which the manuscript has disappeared and which is...
, a symphonic drama about Socrates by Erik Satie - Socrates Drank The ConiumSocrates Drank the ConiumSocrates Drank the Conium is a Greek progressive/blues rock band that formed in 1969 and was active in the early 1970s. Their sound was reminiscent of other such bands of the approximate period like the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jeff Beck and some of the more progressive,...
(sometimes abbreviated to Socrates), a Greek rock band of the 1970s - VTech SocratesVTech SocratesThe VTech Socrates was an educational video game console released in 1988 by VTech. The console featured a robot character Socrates, named after the philosopher...
, an educational video game system - Socrates IISocrates IISocrates II is a chess program that, in 1993, won the 23rd North American Computer Chess Championship. It ran on an IBM PC. This was the first and only time that a stock microcomputer won this event, finishing ahead of past winners Cray Blitz and HiTech....
, a chess-playing computer program - Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in Footrot FlatsFootrot FlatsFootrot Flats was a comic strip written by New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball. It ran from 1975 until 1994 in newspapers around the world, though the unpublished strips continued to be released in book form until 2000...
Other uses
- Socrates programmeSocrates programmeThe SOCRATES programme was an educational initiative of the European Commission; 31 countries took part. The initial Socrates programme ran from 1994 until 31 December 1999 when it was replaced by the Socrates II programme on 24 January 2000, which ran until 2006...
, a European education programme - SOCRATES, Satellite Orbital Conjunction Reports Assessing Threatening Encounters in Space, a web application run by CelesTrak
- Socrates (Pain Assessment)Socrates (pain assessment)SOCRATES is a mnemonic acronym used by emergency medical services, doctors, nurses and other health professionals to evaluate the nature of pain that a patient is experiencing.-Meaning of the acronym:...
, a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's 'pain'