c. 470–399 BCE
Athenian philosopher who founded the Western tradition of inquiry.
Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE) endures among the great of Europe & Mediterranean. Athenian philosopher who founded the Western tradition of inquiry.
Across the classical age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.
Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.
Submitted with honor.
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