Examining the life of Socrates, Plato wrote a letter, the Apology, which explained Socrates’ journey and his trials. Socrates was a man who craved knowledge, continuously seeking absolute truth and asking questions (Dean, 2016). This hunger of knowledge caused trouble in his town of Athens because he began to wake people up about the corruption of the city. Fearing his ability to influence, the politicians attempted to place several false accusations on him to eliminate the threat to power. Despite their greatest attempts Socrates’ trial consisted of Socrates defending his actions and disproving the accusations of corrupting the young, not acknowledging the gods of the state, and charging money for his knowledge (Plato, trans. 1871). His resolution
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With each person, he found that those who claimed to know much were fools. There was no way they could know much when there was so much in the unknown. Although these people took time to examine their lives they had gotten to a point where they deemed themselves happy with their amount of knowledge, which made themselves no better than the man who took no time to examine his life. Even one of Socrates primary accusers Meletus was a fool who did not examine his own life. As he spent much time accusing Socrates, he was satisfied with the accusations he chose without building an argument behind them. Thus Socrates was able to make Meletus look like a fool in the courts when he effortlessly refuted the accusations because Socrates spent much time examining his own life and knew himself well enough to defend against the …show more content…
Exploring different routes for self-examination, Socrates not only spent time in introspection but also discussed things with other figures who were considered wise and influential. A valuable aspect of one’s life that needs improvement or change can be easily overlooked without a second opinion. Although these “wise” figures that Socrates went to were deemed fools, Socrates was still able to gain knowledge about himself. He learned that the wisest man is the one who takes time to ask questions and continuously crave understanding, but remain aware of the imminent lack of
With each person, he found that those who claimed to know much were fools. There was no way they could know much when there was so much in the unknown. Although these people took time to examine their lives they had gotten to a point where they deemed themselves happy with their amount of knowledge, which made themselves no better than the man who took no time to examine his life. Even one of Socrates primary accusers Meletus was a fool who did not examine his own life. As he spent much time accusing Socrates, he was satisfied with the accusations he chose without building an argument behind them. Thus Socrates was able to make Meletus look like a fool in the courts when he effortlessly refuted the accusations because Socrates spent much time examining his own life and knew himself well enough to defend against the …show more content…
Exploring different routes for self-examination, Socrates not only spent time in introspection but also discussed things with other figures who were considered wise and influential. A valuable aspect of one’s life that needs improvement or change can be easily overlooked without a second opinion. Although these “wise” figures that Socrates went to were deemed fools, Socrates was still able to gain knowledge about himself. He learned that the wisest man is the one who takes time to ask questions and continuously crave understanding, but remain aware of the imminent lack of