News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by xondono on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:12PM (#27952517)
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 (#27954755)
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.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/

https://iep.utm.edu/socrates/#H1