Socrates

 Socrates: born in 470/469 BC at Dem Alopece, Athens,    died in 399 BC at Athens. He was a classical Greek philosopher, and he was one of the founders of Western philosophy. Since Socrates didn't write any of his life, his thinking and his knowledge, all the things we know about him are all based on what his students wrote. As a champion of oral modes of communication, Socrates stood up at the dawn of writing against its haphazard diffusion. He suggested his students to get the realization by themselves, answer questions by asking questions. However, this method ran counter to the law at that time. Thus, his got arrest by the government in Athens. He had had a chance to escape the jail and got a better life. But he refused, and chose to drink a poison and got die.