Piano,Viola - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004162 Composed by Matthew Scott Phillips. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and part. 19 pages. Matthew Scott Phillips #6265019. Published by Matthew Scott Phillips (A0.1004162). While invaluable to the development of Western civilization, the Greek philosopher Socrates is believed by some scholars not to exist. According to this theory, he is not a living person, but a metaphor used to teach philosophical ideas to newcomers. Others point to extant evidence that Socrates was indeed real, and had his own inner circle of students. This piece is a reflection on the verisimilitude of Socrates’s existence. It is a struggle with the question of whether so influential a figure can truly be imaginary and ultimately an arrival at the decision that his realness is not as important as his influence.
