THE BIOGRAPHY OF SOCRATES

Socrates was born of poor working class parents probably in the year 470B.C. He had usual education of the boys in those days, learning music, science, philosophy and gymnastics. He also studied the arts of public speaking and argument. As a young man, he served the army and fought in several battles with great courage. When he left the army, some of his friends wanted him to go to politics but this he refused to do, for he felt that he had another mission in life. This mission was to unmask ignorance and encourage truth. Up and down the streets of Athens, in the market places, in the houses of the rich and in the workshops of the poor, Socrates carried on his search for truth.