Who Was Socrates? What the Wisest Man Knew About Knowing Nothing
Socrates never wrote anything down. Everything we know about him comes from his student Plato’s dialogues. He lived in Athens around 400 BCE. He walked around asking people questions. Simple questions that turned out to be impossible to answer. “What is justice?” he’d ask a politician. “What is courage?” he’d ask a general. “What is beauty?” he’d ask an artist. The politician would give a confident answer. Then Socrates would ask another question....