Socrates believes that when a person realizes their lack of wisdom it would be very beneficial to individuals and to the state, while the opposite would be disastrous. He comes to this conclusion because people who claim their wise, are in fact ambitious violent and numerous. He proves this through uncovering the wisest people in Athenians and explaining the wrong they do to Athens . His main tactic in uncovering these people is by asking them a serious of questions. He then uses these questions as a basis of evidence to use against them . Socrates doesn't believe he is wise so using this contrast he explains how he can be beneficial to everyone . Therefore, through Socrates contrasting the harm people who claim they are wise do, and the
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He then goes onto bashing the people who claim they are the wisest people in Athens. Politicians, poets and craftsman were known as one of the most wisest people in Athens . So Socrates went a questioned a political, poet and craftsman and made them realize they weren't actually wise. These people were furious with Socrates so they sent him to trial to later get executed. Sending him to trial was part of Socrates evidence as to why these people cause harm to Athens because he says that these people envy him, so by sending him away they are just avoiding their problems and will just continue this ritual with people in the future and their will be no change . The main protagonist in Socrates trickery was Meletus; a poet, who sent Socrates to trial because he questioned how wise he was. In trial Socrates started asking Meletus how does Socrates harm the young and how does Meletus help the young? Meletus couldn't prove how he helps the young and how Socrates harms the young in a quickly manner so Socrates says “Meletus is guilty of treating a serious matter with levity . . . and professes concern and keen anxiety in matters about which he has …show more content…
He claims that his teachings helped the young and thats why there are so many young people supporting him right now. He later bashes Meletus ,when Meletus claims Socrates is the only person in Athens to corrupt the young so Socrates says “most people, if they have to do with horses and make use of them, do them harm". (25b). What he means by this analogy is that it’s more reasonable for a group of people like
He then goes onto bashing the people who claim they are the wisest people in Athens. Politicians, poets and craftsman were known as one of the most wisest people in Athens . So Socrates went a questioned a political, poet and craftsman and made them realize they weren't actually wise. These people were furious with Socrates so they sent him to trial to later get executed. Sending him to trial was part of Socrates evidence as to why these people cause harm to Athens because he says that these people envy him, so by sending him away they are just avoiding their problems and will just continue this ritual with people in the future and their will be no change . The main protagonist in Socrates trickery was Meletus; a poet, who sent Socrates to trial because he questioned how wise he was. In trial Socrates started asking Meletus how does Socrates harm the young and how does Meletus help the young? Meletus couldn't prove how he helps the young and how Socrates harms the young in a quickly manner so Socrates says “Meletus is guilty of treating a serious matter with levity . . . and professes concern and keen anxiety in matters about which he has …show more content…
He claims that his teachings helped the young and thats why there are so many young people supporting him right now. He later bashes Meletus ,when Meletus claims Socrates is the only person in Athens to corrupt the young so Socrates says “most people, if they have to do with horses and make use of them, do them harm". (25b). What he means by this analogy is that it’s more reasonable for a group of people like