Socrates

Socrates

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Deceased Occupation: Philosopher First Appearance: "Million-Dollar Abie"

Socrates was a Greek philosopher.

History

Dr. Egoyan pointed out to Abraham Simpson that if he killed himself, he'd follow in the footsteps of Socrates.

Non-canon

The contents of this article are based on an issue of Simpsons Comics or another comic series and is considered to be non-canon and may not have actually happened/existed.

The tour guide said that Homer Simpson was "more important than Socrates, da Vinci, Gandhi, Einstein, Hawking, Julius Caesar, and Ryan Seacrest".

Appearances

• Episode – "Million-Dollar Abie" (picture)
• Comic story – The Simpsons Save the World (mentioned)

External links

• Socrates at Wikipedia

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