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The life of Socrates, his individualized approach to teaching, his ethics, and the controversies that surrounded him in life and death, as seen in the writings of his contemporaries, Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes.
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In his dialogue the Phaedo, Plato describes the execution of Socrates.
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