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Socrates

c. 470 BC – 399 BC · Philosopher of Athens

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Given to him by PlatoPlato Apology 38a (c. 399-390 BC), trans. Fowler
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Who he was

Socrates spent his life in Athens questioning anyone who claimed to know what justice, courage or virtue were. He wrote nothing himself: we know him through his pupils Plato and Xenophon, and through the comedies of Aristophanes.

In 399 BC an Athenian jury found him guilty of impiety and of corrupting the young, and sentenced him to death. He drank the poison, traditionally hemlock, in prison, as Plato tells in the Phaedo.

Sources: Plato, Apology and Phaedo · Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Socrates”

In Godsdusk

Socrates, Myth card
MYTHThe fifth rank. Humans side.ItemHemlock CupThe glowing cup of hemlock in his hand

Passive · Socratic MethodEnemies get confused. Confused: attacks have a 10% chance to miss.

Active · Cup of Hemlock · cooldown 5 roundsPoisons the enemy with the most HP: it loses 25% of its missing HP each round for 4 rounds.

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