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The Great Thinkers The greatest thinkers of the ancient world were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Thinkers call for everyone to care for the soul. That is being philosophical and it means that we must always asked questions and challenge people's thoughts. Plato was Socrates' famous student and he called Socrates "the wisest, justest and best of all men whom I have ever known".  Aristotle was Plato's most prized student. Philosophy is the love and pursuit of wisdom, a sacred quest. When you think ancient Greece, Athens comes straight to mind. They were a great city. It was intellectual and artistic. Like what Sparta did, 20,000 Greeks once defeated 100,000 troops of King Xerxes around 490 BC. Nine years later, Xerxes sent two million men and 1200 ships to attack Greece again. They came from the North and going towards Athens but found the city emptied as the Greeks were waiting for them elsewhere with their fleet. Against all odds, the Greeks triumphe...

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher. Former Brazilian soccer captain also named Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira aka Socrates died at aged 57 apparently due to food poisoning. He was previously bleeding in his digestive tract and he had problems with alcohol. (Watch:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rRYcJ506RM&feature=related Socrates was the captain of the Brazil team in the 1982 World Cup and I had the glorious opportunity to have watched him and that team played in 1982. It was the best team that never won the World Cup. They don't have to, just watching them play was breathtaking. Watch Socrates, Falcao and Zico mesmerized: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgRpRTbk1oo Socrates besides being a wonderful soccer player was a medical doctor and yet he smoked and drank freely even in his playing days. To him, alcohol was his companion and believe it did not affect his performance for its regular use. He was also a very principled man who spo...