Socrates Case

Socrates was a phenomenal human being, who was greatly interested and influential in the development of Greek philosophy. Socrates, starting his life out about 471 B.C. was first educated in gymnastics and music. Years down the road, Socrates became highly interested in geometry and astronomy. H then because to study different types of methods and doctrines of Greek leaders. Not too much is known from Socrates early childhood, but what is known, is that he attended school in Athens, and then joined the military at the age of eighteen. Socrates is a hero to so many people. During his time in the military, Socrates fought in the battle against Sparta. The battle of Petidaea was when Socrates became a military hero, this battle of course was one in which he saved the Athenian General Alcibiades. The military career came and went just as fast. After working with the military he started doing some stonecutting from time to time, but just like the military, this of course came and went out just as fast. Socrates along with all the teachings of philosophy was a sculptor as well, where he created only two pieces, that of “Hermes” and that of “The Three Graces”. As his life went on he of course married, Xanthippe was the lucky lady. His wife didn’t take well to the fact that he never charged for his philosophy teachings, and encouraged him to do so.

Although Socrates never wrote a book or kept records of his teachings, so much about him is known all over the world. Socrates never believed in writing down the things he taught or thought of. He believed that you have to actually live as a person and not through the readings of someone else. Just by reading, doesn’t mean you’ll get the full effect of how to exactly live your life to the fullest. Living life to the fullest is something that you, as a person, have to choose. The decisions we make every day help us to do so.

Since Socrates never kept any written documents, some people begin to question whether or not he actually existed. According to Plato and Xenophon, two of Socrates students, he very much did exist. Everything known about Socrates today is because of his two very well-known students, Plato and Xenophon. Plato’s later dialogues made people wonder if Socrates was only a figure that Plato had made up in his mind. But from reading the earlier ones, no one can decide whether or not he was a real person. Plato obviously found him to be. Why would someone give so much credit to another person? Most people wouldn’t. Especially if they knew it would be going down in history for future generations to read. Whether Socrates was real or just a figure in someone’s imagination, the things he taught were very much real and till are being taught today. Plato is the only student of Socrates’ who is thought to have made Socrates to look possibly better than he actually was. Some say that Plato played Socrates up, to make him look amazing and smart and like a very great