Socrates and Excellence

            Today in class we talked about the Greek terms we had to define on our previous blog, like arete, Socrates, The Socratic method, 508 b.c, Socrates death, and polis. But the main things we talked about was Socrates, arete and, without really knowing at first, the Socratic method. We learned how Socrates thought and how he thought critically and tried to get other people to think critically. Socrates discovered scientific breakthroughs and realized why certain things were happening while everyone else presumed that these things were happening because of the gods. He walked the streets and had many young followers that seeked his wisdom and told them his reasoning. So, he received punishment for doubting the gods and their power and corrupting youth by telling them the same thing. He was outvoted the death penalty 280-220. Socrates had believed strongly in democracy so since he was voted guilty he did not resist his punishment.