Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher, and teacher of Plato, who lived during the 5th century BC. During that time, the immortal Flint had known Socrates personally. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren", "Requiem for Methuselah")
In the eponymous play, Cyrano de Bergerac was an admirer of Socrates and hoped he'd meet him and Galileo Galilei after his death. (TNG: "The Nth Degree")
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A holographic simulation of Socrates was among the historical figure profiles studied by The Doctor, in 2373, during his attempt to expand his personality subroutines. In the simulation Socrates played kal-toh against T'Pau, as The Doctor conducted his interviews with the other historical figures.
When The Doctor's alter-ego, created from the combined 'dark threads' of the sub-routines of these historical figures, began to destabilize his program, he took to altering their sub-routines, to solve his own issues. His "work" was later discovered by Kes, when she found the upper body of the Socrates hologram laying on the holodeck floor. (VOY: "Darkling")
External links[]
- Socrates at Wikipedia
- Philosophy at Wikipedia