Socrates Socrates (; ; –399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no te ...

was an Athenian philosopher. Socrates, Sócrates, Sokrates or Sokratis may also refer to:

People

Given name

Ancient Greeks

Socrates of Achaea Socrates ( grc, Σωκράτης) (c. 436 BC – 401 BC) 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, ...

(c. 436–401 BC), mercenary general of the Ten Thousand *

Socrates of Macedon Socrates ( grc, Σωκράτης), son of Sathon was hipparch of the ileSee Companion cavalry#Unit. Each ''ile'' numbered between 200 and 300 horsemen. of Hetairoi from Apollonia, since at least the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. He fought ...

(4th century BC), a ''hipparchos'' or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army *

Socrates the Younger Socrates the Younger (Greek: Σωκράτης ὁ νεώτερος, ''Sōkrátēs ho neōteros'', c. 415 – 4th century BCE) was an ancient Athenian philosopher. Ancient texts suggest that he was a young student of the elder Socrates and later a ...

(4th century BC), Athenian philosopher *

Socrates Chrestus Socrates Chrestus ( el, Σωκράτης ό Χρηστός; ''Chrestus'' (The Good) died 90–88 BC) was the second son of Nicomedes III of Bithynia. He usurped the Bithynian throne by deposing his elder brother or half brother, Nicomedes IV of Bi ...

(died 90–88 BC), Greek prince and King of Bithynia

Religious figures

* martyrs

Socrates and Stephen Socrates and Stephen (both died circa 307) are a pair of Christian martyrs. Their feast day is 17 September. They are recorded in certain martyrologies as having been martyred in Britain during the persecution of Diocletian, which took place from ...

Socrates of Constantinople Socrates of Constantinople ( 380 – after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus ( grc-gre, Σωκράτης ὁ Σχολαστικός), was a 5th-century Greek Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Theodoret. He is the ...

(c. 380–after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian *

Socrates Villegas Sócrates Buenaventura Villegas (born September 28, 1960) is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order, He is the current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops ...

(born 1960), Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines

Athletes

Sócrates Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011), simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with styl ...

(1954–2011), Brazilian footballer * Socrates Brito (born 1992), Dominican baseball player *

Sokratis Boudouris Sokratis Boudouris ( el, Σωκράτης Μπουντούρης; born 23 November 1977) is a Greeks, Greek former professional Association football, footballer. Career Born in Karditsa, Greece, Boudouris started his professional career in Ana ...

(born 1977), Greek footballer *

Sokratis Dioudis Sokratis Dioudis ( gr, Σωκράτης Διούδης; born 3 February 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ekstraklasa club Zagłębie Lubin and the Greece national team. Club career Aris Dioudis was promot ...

(born 1993), Greek football goalkeeper * Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), Greek footballer * Sokratis Lagoudakis (1861–1944), Greek track athlete * Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (born 1973), Greek football manager and former player *

Sokratis Papastathopoulos Sokratis Papastathopoulos ( el, Σωκράτης Παπασταθόπουλος; born 7 June 1988), commonly known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League club Olympiacos. Club ca ...

(born 1988), Greek footballer * Sócrates Pedro (born 1992), Portuguese footballer * Sokratis Tsoukalas (born 1992), Greek footballer

Politicians, soldiers and businesspeople

Socrates N. Sherman Socrates Norton Sherman (July 22, 1801 – February 1, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from New York, a physician, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Barre, Vermont, Sherman attended the local ...

(1801–1873), U.S. Representative from New York and American Civil War officer *

Socrates Nelson Socrates Nelson (January 11, 1814 – May 6, 1867) was an American businessman, politician, and pioneer who served one term as a Minnesota Senate, Minnesota state senator from 1859 to 1861. He was a general store owner, lumberman, and real estat ...

(1814–1867), American businessman and politician * Sócrates Rizzo (born 1945), Mexican politician *

Sokrates Starynkiewicz Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1820–1902; russian: Сократ Иванович Старынкевич) was a Russian general and the 19th president of Warsaw, between 1875 and 1892. During his presidency he ordered the construction of municipal wate ...

(1820–1902), Russian general and mayor of Warsaw *

Sokratis Kokkalis Sokratis Kokkalis (Greek: Σωκράτης Κόκκαλης; 1939) is a Greek businessman. His father, Petros Kokkalis, was a communist politician and Greek Resistance member, living in exile in East Germany after the end of the Greek Civil W ...

(born 1939), Greek businessman and billionaire

Writers

Sócrates Nolasco Arístides Sócrates Henríquez Nolasco was a writer from the Dominican Republic. He was born in what is now Enriquillo in Barahona Province on March 20, 1884, and died in Santo Domingo on July 2, 1980.http://fundacioncorripio.org/productos_detalle ...

(1884–1980), writer from the Dominican Republic * Sokratis Giolias (1973–2010), assassinated Greek journalist * Sokratis Skartsis (born 1936), Greek poet

Other

Sokratis Malamas Sokratis Malamas (Greek: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας) (born September 29, 1957) is a Greek singer and songwriter. Biography Sokratis Malamas was born on September 29, 1957, in Sykia in Chalkidiki, Greece. His family moved to Stuttgart, Ge ...

(born 1957), Greek singer/songwriter * Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. (1816–1855), American pioneer physician in the Oregon Territory

Surname

Jeanne Socrates Jeanne Socrates (born 17 August 1942) is a British yachtswoman. She is from Lymington. She holds the record as the oldest female to have circumnavigated the world single-handed, and she is the only woman to have circumnavigated solo nonstop from ...

(born 1941 or 1942), British yachtswoman and solo circumnavigator *

José Sócrates José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he ...

(born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)

In literature

* Socrates, the name used by Petrarch to refer to his dear friend

Lodewijk Heyligen Lodewijk Heyligen (also known as Ludovicus Sanctus de Beeringhen, Lodewijk Heiligen, Ludovicus Sanctus, Heyliger of Beeringhen, Ludwig van Kempen and Louis van Campen) (1304, Beringen, Belgium – 1361, Avignon) was a Flemish Benedictine monk and mu ...

in his writings * Socrates, a pseudonym for the mentor-like figure in the books of

Dan Millman Daniel Jay Millman (born February 22, 1946) is an American author and lecturer in the personal development field. He is best-known for the movie Peaceful Warrior, which is based on his own life and taken from one of his books. Early life Millman ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Socrates'' (Voltaire), a play * ''Socrates'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini * ''Sócrates'' (film), a 2018 film directed by Alexandre Moratto * ''Socrates'' (sculpture), a 1950 outdoor sculpture by W. V. Casey *

Socrates Drank the Conium Socrates Drank the Conium, known also as Socrates, is a Greek rock band that formed in 1969 and achieved success in the 1970s. Influenced by heavy blues and rock bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, the band melded the unorthodox ti ...

(sometimes abbreviated to "Socrates"), a Greek rock band * ''

Socrates II Socrates 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 ...

'', a chess-playing computer program * Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in the comic strip ''

Footrot Flats ''Footrot Flats'', a comic strip by New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball, ran from 1976 to 1994 in newspapers (unpublished strips continued to appear in book form until 2000). Altogether there are 27 numbered books (collecting the newspaper strips, ...

'' * Socrates, the lion from the film ''

Animals United ''Animals United'' is a 2010 3D German computer-animated adventure comedy film directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe. It was released on October 7, 2010, in Germany. The film stars Ralf Schmitz and Thomas Fritsch as a meerka ...

'' * Socrates the Scarecrow, a character from the 1961 animated television series ''

Tales of the Wizard of Oz ''Tales of the Wizard of Oz'' is a 1961 animated television series produced by Crawley Films for Videocraft (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions). This is the second animated series produced by the studio and the first by Rankin/Bass to feature ...

'' and the 1964 animated television movie sequel ''

Return to Oz ''Return to Oz'' is a 1985 dark fantasy film released by Walt Disney Pictures, co-written and directed by Walter Murch. It stars Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, and Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Gale in her first screen role. The film is an ...

Other uses

Socrates programme The 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, whic ...

, a European education programme * ''

VTech Socrates The VTech Socrates is an 8-bit educational home video game console manufactured and released in 1988 by VTech. The console features a robot character Socrates, named after the philosopher. The character is visually similar to Johnny Five from th ...

'', an educational video game system *

SOCRATES (satellite) SOCRATES or Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite is a Japanese small satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is purely a technology demonstrator designed by NICT intended to help AES company to gain experience in b ...

, a Japanese satellite * Socrates (pain assessment), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's pain *

Project Socrates Project Socrates was a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983 within the Reagan administration. It was founded and directed by physicist Michael C. Sekora to determine why the United States was unable to maintain ec ...

, a classified US Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983 *

Socrates Sculpture Park Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor museum and public park where artists can create and exhibit sculptures and multi-media installations. It is located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in th ...

, New York City * Socrates, Georgia, a community in the United States *

Socrates Mountain Socrates Mountain is a summit in Pendleton County, West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of , Socrates Mountain is the 219th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. The mountain was named for Socrates Socrates (; ; � ...

, a mountain in West Virginia