Socrates (Greek: σ ω κ ρ? τη? Socrates (469- 399 BC) was a famous thinker, philosopher, educator and citizen juror in ancient Greece.

He and his student Plato, as well as Plato's student Aristotle, are known as the "three sages of ancient Greece" and are generally regarded as the founders of western philosophy by later generations.

As an Athenian citizen, it is recorded that Socrates was finally sentenced to death by the Athenian court on charges of insulting Athenian gods, introducing neo-theism and corrupting the thoughts of Athenian youth. Although Socrates had a chance to escape, he still chose to drink poisonous violet juice and die, because he thought that escape would only further weaken the authority of Athenian law.