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Socrates

Is Socrates a Buddhist?
Socrates was not a Buddhist of his era. There has always been a comparison between the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama and Socrates because each of these individuals had similar dialectic. Both Siddhartha's and Socrates' philosophies consisted of exchanging arguments and counter-arguments respectively advocating their theses and antitheses. Therefore many would question whether Socrates was Buddhist even though these two individuals were from different eras. However Socrates is not a Buddhist for many reasons. Some of these reasons include: that the Buddha is categorized as a salesman and Socrates is categorized as a maven, and the Buddha claims to be enlightened while Socrates claims to know nothing.
In Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, Gladwell gave specific titles to individuals who demonstrate their knowledge in certain ways. These titles included mavens, salesmen, and connectors. The two titles which apply to the Buddha and Socrates are maven and......


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