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Wikipedia is a collaboratively edited free online encyclopedia operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its article on Socrates is used here as an accessible secondary reference for his dates and for the naming of the Socratic method.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
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Wikipedia: Socrates
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Socrates (c. 470 to 399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher.
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Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Thinkers, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Pedagogical Approaches, 1 claims: 1 connected.

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10

Thinkers

Connected

1

Pedagogical Approaches

General References

1

Thinkers

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