The Reputation Of Wisdom In Socrates's Apology

In Apology, once the oracle is presented to Socrates with intentions of making him believe that it is much wiser than any people, he decides to test the oracle whether the same is telling the truth or not (93). However, the actions of Socrates in Apology assured him that the politician, the poet, and the craftsmen were three types of person that believed to know how it should be managed their job and how it should be treated people by wisdom, but however they were scarce of trust, honesty, and the real meaning of wisdom regarding people’s reputation during Socrates’ request for trust.
At the beginning, the action of Socrates is presented as a person who is not convinced about the oracle’s prophecy. So, instead of being influenced by arrogance such as the politician, the poet, and the craftsmen, he tries to benefit himself by searching the truth with better answers. Thus, when he says "I must tell you the truth" in the case of the politician and “Now I am ashamed to tell you the truth, but …show more content…
Therefore, his attitude and awareness makes him understand that Socrates is a person based on truth, honesty, and understands that the reputation is only an appearance that does not determine whether the person is sufficiently wise enough or not. Also, it is shown that the words of the oracle do not convince him to become arrogant, such as it happens to the other characters of Apology. In addition, it can be distinguish that Socrates is much wiser to reflect true wisdom when he says, “means to show that human wisdom is worth little or nothing” (93) and indirectly making clear that the oracle understands that Socrates eventually had a good concept in its wisdom, allowing him to be seen absolutely wiser than the average