# Socrates — The Problems of Philosophy character guide

> Socrates in The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-ix-the-world-of-universals

## Who they are

Classical Greek philosopher referenced in discussions of universals.

## In the story

### [On Intuitive Knowledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_problems_of_philosophy_se/chapters/xi-on-intuitive-knowledge)

Invoked as an insistent questioner who drives reasoning back to self-evident principles.

### [XIII: Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_problems_of_philosophy_se/chapters/xiii-knowledge-error-and-probable-opinion)

Used as an example in a syllogism about valid deduction: 'If I know that all Greeks are men and that Socrates was a man, and I infer that Socrates was a Greek, I cannot be said to know that Socrates was a Greek.'

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