All About Socrates :)

    Today we learned about Socrates, and his life. As a young man he worked at a stone mason. To work here he had to be powerfully built. He had a lot of hard, dirty work. He fought, heroically, in the Peloponnesian war. In this war he was a hero because he saved many people and had valor in battle. Socrates background shaped his whole world view.

    After all of his hard work, he moved on to being a teacher. He met with students outside of the agora and taught them to ask questions to determine their underlying beliefs. This led to the creation of the scientific method. You had to ask, what do you know and why do you believe it?

    Back then Athens was the place for good people. Some came to share their knowledge. Knowledge on things like medical procedures, meteorology, and farming.

    Socrates was charged for two crimes, the corruption of Athens Youth, and not believing in the faith everyone else believed in. His defense was, “it’s my job to be the gadfly to the lazy, sluggish horse that is Athens”. He did admit to the crime in the end. 500 male citizens found him guilty and he was sentenced to death. He drank the poison hemlock, and was dead within an hour.