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469-399 B.C.E.
Refusal to conform, and corruption of Athenian youth
The mentor of Plato, he developed the Socratic method of teaching, which focused on asking critical questions rather than a lecture format. Socrates crossed the line, though, when he challenged the accepted gods of Athens, and he was charged with impiety.
Death by hemlock. Also became an integral figure in the development of Western philosophy.
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