Socrates

Socrates was born in Athens around 469 BC His father was a stone cutter. Socrates purpose of life was to spread knowledge. He believed that moral character is created through knowledge. His principle was that “knowledge is righteousness, and ignorance is evil”. Socrates way of teaching was that to get the conversation going, ask questions, answer the questions and get the answers from others, discuss and debate the issue again and again. And try to get all the possible answers of the issue.  

Athens officials charged Socrates that “he does not care our old gods”. Introducing new gods and spoiling character of the youth. He was convicted guilty through difference of a few votes, and ordered to drink a cup of poison. Socrates spent the last day of his life in talking with friends and in the evening he drunk the cup of poison with great pleasure and honor.

Socrates introduced a new style of love to the world. He would have a different kind of debate, but it cannot be called argument because through his discussions he would reach the moral results and shows reality.  He would question again and again, and would expose to others through arguments and have reached the bottom of the issue brings up logical and well grounded answer.

Socrates was very intelligent in asking questions and answering questions. Regret is that he did not have a written book, in which we could evaluate his knowledge. Everything we know about Socrates is through his pupil the Plato.

Here's the summary of Socrates ideas.

• Spirit and body are separate from each other. Physical death is not the end of life but a way of liberty, so fear of death is foolish. 
• One must confront ignorance, and individual interest must be put into the context of collective interests. 
• Human being must always distinguish between justice and injustice, and true and false. 
• Wisdom lies in understanding of knowledge and wisdom.