William Goldman, writer of The Princess Bride has passed

This man would've certainly won a battle of wits with great, philosophical minds like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Eminent, classical ancient Greek philosophers who's theories on government, life, mortality, civic authority and responsibility influenced modern Western politics and philosophy. Even though Socrates probably was perceived by some ancient Athenians(and other Greeks living in other polis) as a intelligent arse and egotistical elitist constantly walking up to people who were busy doing their jobs or in middle of doing more important things and asking them highly subjective, multi-faceted questions on the spot probably also aware they weren't capable or knowledgeable enough to answer most of his questions beforehand. Socrates in our modern era would probably be arrested for panhandling, or disturbing the peace or public harassment if he did 20% of the things today in most modern cities that he did in ancient 5th century BCE Athens. He was an aggravating, frustrating pain in the arse which is probably the intention he wanted regardless. I do admire, however, his unwavering conviction and passionate arguments he made in Socrates Apology where he defended himself from trumped-up charges brought against him by his enemies, the Sophists, in an Athens that was decimated, humiliated, angry and under Spartan occupation after the Peloponnesian War. The charges against Socrates were ludicrous even for an ancient reader's mindset but he handled the dangerous and fatal charade well even suggesting his form of punishment after he was convicted. When the jury still ordered him to commit suicide, he could've escaped and run for his life into exile but he didn't and took hemlock although Plato and several other of his followers pleaded for him to reconsider and wept bitterly as he committed suicide.