| Sócrates was the firstborn child of Raimundo and Guiomar Vieira. He was born in Belém, Pará and relocated with his family to Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo in January of 1960 after his father Raimundo earned an important position as revenue supervisor. This job acquisition earned Sócrates' dad the status of a small town hero in Igarapé-Açu, where the family lived at the time. His father's new salary allowed Sócrates to attend the best school in Ribeirão Preto, Colégio Marista. In a biography written by the journalist Tom Cardoso, it is revealed that the small library Sócrates' father had built in his home, containing philosophy books and other works, came under threat as of the coup d'etat on March 31, 1964. Sócrates watched his father rid himself of books that he so loved; "In 1964, I saw my father tear many books, because of the revolution. I thought that was absurd, because the library was the thing he liked best. That was when I felt that something was not right. But I only understood well much later, in college." At age 8, Sócrates was exposed to the repercussions of the military dictatorship's censorship. His childhood was marked by this event which he came to comprehend as an adult later in life. [19] |  Courtesy of blogdoodir.com.br/ Socrates as a child (undated photo)  Courtesy of http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/ Army tanks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1964) |
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