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SOCRATES BUST 10.75" HIGH SCULPTURE
ITEM NUMBER: TEZG6
SIZE: 10.75
FEATURED FINISH: BRONZE PATINA
MEDIUM: BONDED STONE MADE IN THE USA
SCULPTOR: ELEGANZA
SAFE FOR OUTDOOR USE?: F
SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEE: $14.95
TIME TO SHIP: MADE TO ORDER, SHIPS IN 2-3 WEEKS
PRICE: $ 182.00
Philosopher Socrates bust made from bonded stone.The sculptor has carved the homely features of socrates and yet we can see his gentle soul.Socrates was born near Athens in 469 BC and was put to death in 399 BC.Initially, socrates worked with his father as a sculptor until his pursuit of the truth through his own thinking changed everything for him and mankind.Socrates was Plato's mentor.The socrates was not graced with flowing coordination. He was short and heavy. Socrates had an early receding hairline, craggy face, blunt nose, and kind attentive piercing eyes. He wore old ragged garments and preferred to walk bare foot. Even though socrates seemed eccentric, he was very social and caring, mixing humor with wisdom at gatherings. Yet, his bravery in battle was without question.Socrates taught mostly by raising perceptive questions. He did not write of his teachings, they were recorded mostly through the writings of Plato and the historian Xenophon. He did not have any weakness in his understanding, but he recognized that all things grow and change. Maybe he thought that writing them down would only limit the reader in his own self discoveries.Socrates did not hesitate to challenged much of the thinking of the time and especially the wrong-doing in government. Again, his challenge was mostly in the form of questions.It was socrates courage that caused him to be indicted on charges of corrupting the minds of the young. He refused to defend himself and was sentenced to death. After socrates drank the poisonous hemlock he continued to converse with his friends until he died. Socrates died with honor and courage.Plato said that socrates was the wisest, most just and best man he had ever known.
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