Socrates and the Comparison to Ancient Philosophers

Apr 3, 2017 ... Playing football is a political act and Brazilian footballers, Socrates said shortly before he died in 2011, lack the education or the desire to ... Misses from Sócrates and Júlio César proved costly as France won 4-3 to dump Brazil out. The World Cup ended on a disappointing note for the Samba Boys but they ... Andrew Downie is the Brazilian football correspondent for Reuters, and has lived in the country for fifteen years. He has written on football for GQ, The ... Dec 4, 2016 ... In a interview in 1983,Brazilian legende Socrates said:"I wish to die on a Sunday when Corinthians won a trophy" Today 5 years ago Corinthians ... Jun 6, 2010 ... Phil York, the other football-mad member of the ETT, came up and asked me what I thought they would do if he asked them to sign his baseball cap ... ... Sócrates' most famous headbands – now on show in the museum's exhibition, “Brazil 2014 Revisited”. A football icon in his time, Sócrates was known for his ... Dec 4, 2011 ... To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. ... Former Brazil captain Socrates has died at the age of 57. He had been in a ... Aug 5, 2017 ... ... Socrates, the legendary Brazilian footballer by Scottish writer and journalist Andrew Downie. Downie is a foreign correspondent based in Brazil ... Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio DE Souza Vieira DE Oliveira, simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree ... Jun 21, 2018 ... Andrew Downie spent years researching every facet of Socrates' life and the result of that – the excellent biography Doctor Socrates: Footballer ...