Socrates believed the human duty was to explore the truth regarding right and wrong, justice and injustice, courage, and cowardice.
Socrates wanted to establish a universal definition of justice to find laws and limits for a good life; these laws would hold true for all times and situations.
Socrates's unique philosophy style involved "dialogues" questioning people's beliefs and highlighting their lack of knowledge. This is called "Socratic ignorance."
He was a teacher and mentor of Plato.
For Socrates, how we live is the crucial question behind his philosophy.
Virtue and care for the soul is one of Socrates’ main ideas.
According to Socrates, the soul had to be cared for through gaining wisdom.
Socrates stated: “it is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong”.
Knowing what was good was the same as doing what was good.
Injustice destroys the order and harmony of the soul, the person, and the state.
Socrates outlined the "Concept of Order" theory that order is good and disorder is evil.
Socrates saw that the moral order in society in Athens was in danger of destruction because of the breakdown of law and order, so he became an outspoken critic of the government.
Socrates saw that the moral order in society in Athens was in danger of destruction because of the breakdown of law and order, so he became an outspoken critic of the government. As a result, he was executed in 399 BCE.
Contribution to Philosophical Thought
Socrates moved philosophical thought from concerns with the natural world to concerns of ethics.
His philosophical views on ethics contrasted with the majority in Athens at the time.
Socrates established concept of order contributed greatly to psychology and counselling.