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Sophroniscus

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sculptor and father of Socrates

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But by learning what things it is a name of, we do not learn the meaning of the name: for to the same thing we may, with equal propriety, apply many names, not equivalent in meaning. Thus, I call a certain man by the name Sophroniscus: I call him by another name, The father of Socrates. Both these are names of the same individual, but their meaning is altogether different; they are applied to that individual for two…
John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic
Names Sophroniscus several times.
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LYSIMACHUS: Those who have reached my time of life, Socrates and Nicias and Laches, fall out of acquaintance with the young, because they are generally detained at home by old age; but you, O son of Sophroniscus, should let your fellow demesman have the benefit of any advice which you are able to give. Moreover I have a claim upon you as an old friend of your father; for I and he were always companions and friends…
Plato, Laches
The author is tied to Sophroniscus in the knowledge graph; names Sophroniscus twice.
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_Socrates_, the son of Sophroniscus, a statuary, and Phænarete, a midwife, was born B.C. 468.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by
Opens on Sophroniscus; names Sophroniscus.
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Part of Socrates.