Artist Unknown Greek Philosopher Socrates Alabaster Bust Head Statue Sculpture Décor 5.9 inches

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However, Philip’s reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of the Roman Republic. Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases. Before the Hellenistic period (i.e. after Alexander’s death in 323 BC), ancient Greek sculptors did not strive to create realistic portraits. They tended to create more idealized representations, such as the famous bust of Themistocles. Greek portraits probably did not reproduce the subject accurately. The Greeks were not like the Romans, who excelled when it came to the creation of realistic portraits of people. Wolfsdorf 2013, p.34: Others include Charmides, Crito, Euthydemus, Euthyphro, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Laches, Lysis, Protagoras. Benson 2011, p.179, also adds parts of Meno.

A. H. Smith, A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Vol. I (London 1892), 288-9, no. 549; Brun, Jean (1978). Socrate (in French) (6thed.). Presses universitaires de France. pp.39–40. ISBN 978-2-13-035620-2. Using the dialectical method (meaning dialogue) he started from a less precise definition and reached a more precise, valid and universal definition of concepts through intense dialogues with his interlocutors. Aristotle’s works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, and medieval scholars studied them.Philip V was succeeded by his eldest son Perseus, who ruled as the last king of Macedon. Bust of Philip V of Macedon

A large part of the sculpture at the National Roman Museum consists of the bust of famous people from history. Busts from Ancient History G. H. Chase, Greek and Roman Sculpture in American Collections (Cambridge, Mass., 1924), 65, fig. 71; The National Roman Museum and houses Rome’s ancient art collection consisting of sculpture, painting, mosaic work, and goldsmith’s craft from the Republican Age to the Late Antiquity. Mark bought it in 1995 from Mayfair antique dealers Mallet, London. They also have a New York showroom. Along with his teacher Plato, he is considered the “Father of Western Philosophy.” His writings cover many subjects and provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing before him.Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.