Socrates Loyalty And In The Pursuit Of Human Wisdom

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The real achievement and advancement towards a goal is possible only through self actualization. Socrates argues that goodness is associated with wisdom and in the pursuit of that wisdom an individual can enjoy life and be happy in the real sense of the term. Without questioning oneself or searching for knowledge and wisdom, people will act unreasonably, and will not be able to realize the difference between good and bad actions. Socrates also says the we need to think about ourselves and our conduct on a deeper level.
Socrates claims to only have “human wisdom” (20d), not anything “more than human wisdom” (20e). Yet he also claims to know that he is not wise (21b). I thought that was strange, what could he be going on about? Socrates decides …show more content…

A lot of people go through their lives not knowing what they are doing, what they want to do, or have any idea about their future. It is something that I myself think about all the time. You really are a walking corpse if you have no ambition or motivation to do anything. People walk around with no knowledge or wisdom about what is happening in the world. But then there are people like Socrates who calculate every step that they take, and take note of everything that they hear. They want to know how they can improve their life, and they want to gain as much knowledge as they can. That is what I think Socrates is attached to. He does not care if he dies, but I think that he would want to stay alive because he loves learning. He wants to have deep conversations, and to teach others about life and what they are doing with theirs. Other than teaching, I think that Socrates wants to gain all the information that the world has to offer. He wants to have knowledge about everything. He wants to be a know it all. That is what he enjoys, that is his role in …show more content…

His attitude towards his commitment to fulfill his goal of investigating and understanding the statement of the Pythia. What I think about what Socrates says is that, we need to think about our lives and how we live them. We cannot just go with the flow, we must think about the things we do, and why we do them. Not only think by think deeply. Everything happens for a reason, but if you know the reason then there are ways to improve the situation. If we do not know why were are living the life that we are, then we would be better off dead. Self analysis is very important to Socrates. If you do not know what your role is in life, then you are a walking

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