eh, he wasn't anonymous but i get your drift. I think socrates is better, he'd be the first i can think of although he wasn't anonymous either. Just liked asking questions and challenging authority and demagogues
Gotcha I thought when you said everything that Socrates did was through Plato, you meant Plato had taught Socrates and everything Socrates did was learned through Plato. But yes since Socrates did not write himself we are not sure what is directly him and what was added by Plato.
eh, he wasn't anonymous but i get your drift. I think socrates is better, he'd be the first i can think of although he wasn't anonymous either. Just liked asking questions and challenging authority and demagogues
I really liked Socrates too.
Something to consider: Everything Socrates did was through the words of Plato.
So we're not really sure how much is Socrates, or how much is Plato.
That's actually wrong. Socrates taught Plato and Plato taught Aristotle.
Good read if you're interested
https://sites.psu.edu/rclperdue/2014/09/19/the-big-three-of-greek-philosophy-socrates-plato-and-aristotle/
You have it the other way around fren
Check out the second paragraph, in that blog, concerning Socrates:
This is what I am talking about.
Gotcha I thought when you said everything that Socrates did was through Plato, you meant Plato had taught Socrates and everything Socrates did was learned through Plato. But yes since Socrates did not write himself we are not sure what is directly him and what was added by Plato.