Plato began to second guess his place in the world. During this time, Plato began to consider how the well-being of people in Athens could be best served. Within in this time, around 409 BC, Plato met Socrates and became his follower. Socrates was a famous figure in the city of Athens due to his intellectual unorthodoxy. Plato found his interest in philosophy because of Socrates. It is the thought that Socrates directed his disciple’s studies toward the questions of virtue and how it establishes itself in the decency of human character. Plato observed the trial and execution of Socrates carried out by the Athenian democracy. Socrates was charged by the government for corrupting the youth and was hated by many for questioning the foundations
