Socrates
Life
Socrates 469-399 BCE was an Athenian philosopher and veteran of the Peloponnesian War. The persona of Socrates comes to us from the dialogues of his student and successor Plato.
As the star of many of Plato’s dialogues such as Gorgias, Meno, Timaeus, and The Republic. In each case, Socrates lays out a philosophy very much reminiscent of Tahuti’s method, with an emphasis on universal law, and on choosing to tend toward the good and doing things for the sake of the good above all else.
In Plato’s Republic books VI and VII, in conversation with Glaucon, the character of Socrates presents method of determining truth mirrors that of Tahuti but his description of the mental process and his understanding of its relationship to the lawful universe absolutely unique.
His principle of hypothesizing the higher hypothesis in book VI, and his description of the journey from total ignorance into enlightenment in book VII with his cave parable. Taken together, books VI and VII of Plato’s Republic form an adequate encapsulation of the Socratic method of pursuing the truth and thus the good.
Death
The life story of Socrates is brought to us Plato in a series of dialogues centered on his teachings. His death is portrayed most notably in Plato’s dialogue Apology, where Socrates despite the continual appeals of his followers forsakes his life for the sake the the Good much in the same way the Jesus of Nazareth would go on to do several centuries later.
In the dialogue Socrates is given many chances to take the route of Gorgias absolving himself of the actions of his students but on every occasion he refused and so in 399 BCE he was executed by poisoning.