Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money
by tejtm on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:59PM
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Socrates
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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money
by xondono on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:12PM
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Socrates was nothing like what is being talked.
He was wealthy, he participated in society, he even went to war.
Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money
by dredmorbius on Sunday July 25, 2021 @10:03PM
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Socrates was a stonemason --- effectively a skilled labourer or tradesman, but not wealthy. He was a footsoldier. In a culture where most were slaves, he was a citizen, but not a member of the aristocracy (notably contrasting with Plato). His long-suffering wife Xanthippe complained of his failure to provide for the family, and Socrates lived simply.
Socrates as a citizen was likely the third of Athens' four classes: slaves, metics, citizens, nobles. Not destitute, but neither wealthy.