What Does Socrates Say About The Nature Of Evil

Socrates once said, 'There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.'. To be good is to possess or display moral virtue. To do evil is to be morally wrong or bad. Socrates view appears to be controversial because people are known to commit evil deeds either out of self interest or acting on impulse. Socrates was a rationalist and believed that the best life, that was most suited toward human nature involved reasoning. He believed that nobody willingly chooses to do wrong. One can always ask themselves, "Why do we do evil?". Perhaps humans want what they cannot have, or curiosity takes over, and evil results from temptation. Universally there are many standpoints on this topic, such as the yin yang, that suggests there is always

Knowing it, he or she can follow it, for no one who truly knows the good would deliberately choose to follow the evil. The basic idea is that humans always seek to do what they perceive to be the good. Even if the action is obviously a horrible evil to everyone else, the person who commits the act is seeking to attain some good they believe exists as a result of such action. They remain unaware and oblivious to overcoming internal or external factors forcing them to therefore carry out this wrongful course of action, that is committed out of ignorance and not because they choose to bring about harm to themselves. Socrates believed that individuals actions were directly related to their intelligence and ignorance and that people should develop their self. Socrates also believed that the greatest benefit lay not in material riches, but in the "improvement of the soul". He sought to understand the difference between acting good and being good. He saw that those who strive for other pleasures, such as wealth an dpower did not know where their true interest lies. All wrong doing is the result of a lack of understanding rather than the intention to do