By the time of his defense, Socrates had spent the whole of his life traveling and talking, searching for men that were wise. He sought men who professed to have some sort of knowledge about something, and he proceeded to unfold their claims, bit by bit through conversation, in an effort to determi

As we must know, proficiency in horseshoeing does not make someone an equine veterinarian, but to this day, people as a whole still have this tendency to overlap themselves in this manner. Part of this phenomenon is due to fear of embarrassment from lack of knowledge and some of it is due to fear of failure of one's own expectations. Socrates, unlike most people today, had the ability to ask why without shame. He was not embarrassed by his lack of knowledge on any topic, and did not hesitate to ask questions. Furthermore, when asking questions he was not concerned with the answers themselves, but, rather with the implications of those answers and what they revealed about the people who gave them.

All said and done, standing before a jury

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