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[[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVqzIVSXrzhDw2jNZbkXBl1-_PNM11koJuZ0-S0AoMR05ht9PDzW0v1QpniB7bUPv8l94CRhW72NljpYUkTvPaPwSN2JQstaGZ0RkImn_g4a7jiXfEiCZ4NkK4Z43REY7zIQ), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVIubpVRD9RUGer70AHO9Ut9IQNEvMbZFyNfNzlwaQ8PbdfSygs3J2koF-cI8jSJptkkGNfYYvsJzXZUheL-Z6ZGNU0NMdib85CiRh4j05FusuLyM3noO0PeLyhE9WWLhmhM4p)]\n* Blending fact and fiction: Ancient writers did not try to write strict, modern biographies. [1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESdgHrOzAVw3X2ppe6e6hZ6lKbox6LlOcS-OLzmKjYW09YCrR5n4-49QLzzbfdKRfh7puYsPbMas7WTnJzLapSBdaRyIG-CeJAkLtw1-ryhksQONcPvbvoDQwVuMDFtTe-9JPt0vhogvtgSmOmxvysSheSkAVWapM)\n\nThe Main Sources\n\n* Aristophanes: A comic playwright who lampooned Socrates as an absurd, head-in-the-clouds sophist in his play [The Clouds]. 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[[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXgHrOzAVVYAf19UKOrPwxaoSj5UwIJOI9i4OXp5w2cA43MTYmfqUvUlTRDR4w0kI7whOWEDjoByo943hh2fpucbvDzX6-0wUZINicLEN6Qetfv9827QQZssxj5CxXg8), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVIubpVRD9RUGer70AHO9Ut9IQNEvMbZFyNfNzlwaQ8PbdfSygs3J2koF-cI8jSJptkkGNfYYvsJzXZUheL-Z6ZGNU0NMdib85CiRh4j05FusuLyM3noO0PeLyhE9WWLhmhM4p)]\n\nAttempts at a Solution\n\n* Chronological sorting: Scholars analyze Plato's writings by dividing them into early, middle, and late periods. [1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESlAEB6zswFRLfZuUXrgC9Ytv4Yydgu2A0pjI_a1euCg8lp2Qco2mMWRlaXQE-qRDGSp0WarKKJc0qYH0DVDLmH8SSLAXDLaoikIt8BvfTfyzW3h2YOMb_5whOy1DovZx3KHXD11-cTEu0ivof_JIwZBvdtJaiD8nryCzQt3kre2k3qzw4ZNTzQcTy63e_K_XyBOlakxlb)\n* The early dialogues: Many experts believe Plato's earliest works come closest to capturing the questioning, non-systematic style of the historical Socrates. 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