“All I know is that I know nothing” people usually are not fully aware of their ignorance, however they are only aware of the knowledge taught to them by another individual. The “Gadfly of Athens Socrates is conceivably one of the most famous and popular philosophers throughout history and was the teacher of Greek philosopher Plato who later taught Aristotle. Socrates was born between the years of 470/469 BCE in Athens, Greece. Socrates was extremely aficionado of “the examined life” which is a person such as Socrates who continually attempts to achieve virtue or righteousness through reflective contemplation by questioning habits and devotion to truth. Socrates spent most of his life questioning and criticizing Athenian politics turning truth …show more content…
Socrates was later accused of corrupting the minds of the youth and irreverence, and was put on trial. The famous Greek philosopher defended him to the maximum, ultimately Socrates was ineluctably found guilty of all charges and was sentenced to death by poison, when asked to propose his own sanction, and Socrates wanted a wage paid by the government and free meals for the rest of his life due to the fact that he spent most of his life as a benefactor for Athens. Socrates refuses to abandon his philosophy and dies in 399 BCE at the age of 71. The Socratic dialogues includes that questioning citizens about typical things taken for granted in life or politics which eventually became the Socratic question. Which implies the idea towards to confront political questions, for example, questioning the economy and political authority and designed for people to realize their own ignorance. Socrates explains that true knowledge is procured through only by questioning speculations that create the basis of all we do, such as work, private property, and liberalism. Socrates believed that to achieve truth one must engage in a permanent state of critical …show more content…
Socrates also explains that rulers should not represent the few and should represent the many, Thrasymachus describes that injustice is perhaps politic, Socrates responds saying “Does an unjust person claim that he deserves better than a just person or a just action”. The famous Greek philosopher describes justice as a virtue and wisdom and that injustice is a vice and ignorance. Socrates also interprets that “Injustice causes fractions, hatreds, and disputes among the people, while justice brings friendship and a sense of a common purpose” . In book V Socrates says “The city that is best governed, in which limitless amount of people apply “mine and not mine” on the basis of the same principle that is “we”. Socrates explains that people in the city refuse to think about the political, what is commonly understood, however the people only care about their own personal political. The republic depends entirely on the control of political power and philosophy, Socrates thought that ideal was completely