Socrates’ Ideas on the Divine and Justice

What was Socrates’ attitude towards the gods

He respected the gods and believed in their existence. He understood that they were far superior to humans both in their wisdom and power.

Socrates and the existence of the gods

Socrates was simply assuming the existence of the gods but he never felt the need to prove their existence and never needed to specify his ideas on the divine, as shown through Plato

What did Socrates follow instead of reason

His daimonion (divine sign that prevents Socrates from doing certain things)

Socrates view on the gods vs view on joker and Hesiod

Socrates gave the gods much more moral high ground than Homer and Hesiod

Socrates’ view on justice

He assumes that justice is a virtue and attempts to show that it is always intrinsically better than acting contrary to justice. It was always better to obey the rules than to not and for this reason, he never left Athens or tried to escape his fate