Despite Athens’ decline, Socrates’ ideas lived on. Plato carried forward his teachings and founded the Academy, one of the first institutions of higher learning.

especially after the philosopher Socrates took to the streets in his never-ending pursuit of the truth. Thus by the time Athens had reached its height in the 430's BC, its greatest democratic ...

During Socrates' youth Athens was a city at the height of its power and the intellectual center of the Greek world. The spirit of openness which democracy encouraged had given rise to new fields ...

5/5 The Spartans break down Athenian walls. Socrates' card is marked.