Socrates' Limelight (Analysis of Socrates' Character and What Makes Him Interesting) Around 430 BCE, a child was born who would grow up to influence the world thanks to his teacher, Socrates. This child was Plato, who, around 380-360 BCE, wrote his famous play The Republic. The protagonist of this literature was Socrates of whom, to this day, no one can assert with absolute certainty, supported by justifiable evidence, that Socrates was a real person. This is very similar to the situation of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion, who no one can prove with concrete evidence that he was a real person, because neither of these two famous idols ever wrote anything so she really existed. For Jesus, it was his apostles who wrote his story and for Socrates: “Please tell me; what about the doctor, in the most exact sense of the term, to use your expression; Is he a breadwinner or someone who serves the sick? » Socrates asks Thrasymachos in the first book. Previously, Socrates had used the example of a doctor to explain to Thrasymachos that not everyone who was in power and practiced justice did so in order to gain more money. money and power. One can strive to be just for the sake of being just. The doctor seeks to help his patients, not to make money. "Adimantus says that philosophers are either useless or corrupt. . In response, Socrates creates a hybrid philosopher-warrior who will please the brothers. Earlier, Socrates describes the work of a guard and the nature that suits someone for this work. He then turns to the education necessary to make a person suitable for guardianship a guardian. (Shaw) After Adeimatus' statement, Socrates uses examples to explain why this statement is not necessarily true. He also takes into account the personality of Adeimatus and creates an example that will allow him to understand Socrates' point. "Plato did not think that Thrasymachus had correctly described the relationship between a ruler and the state when he compared it to that between a miserly shepherd and his sheep. Socrates objected to this for two reasons. The first" It follows therefore that God, since he is good, he would not be the cause of all these [bad] things, as most say, but the cause of few things for humanity..."' Socrates declares to Adeimantus in book two This causes Adeimantus to reflect when he realizes how contradictory his statement had been: "Political correctness also fosters an atmosphere of intimidation and encourages servile moral and intellectual conformity, attacking people. the very foundations of the free exchange of ideas. Worse still, it encourages a kind of intellectual sentimentality that makes it difficult to recognize certain unpleasant realities – the reality, for example, that not all cultures, or even all individuals, are equal. in terms of potential or success. » (Kimball) Socrates does a great job of making sure that his students and fellow debaters understand that points of view can vary and gets them to ask, what then is the correct point of view and how should it be decided? This, for many other reasons, makes Socrates an interesting character. Surely there is a third choice. . " " Socrates insists in the first book when he is confronted by Polemarchus who threatens him either to stay in Piraeus or to fight him and the gang. When he explains that he wants to persuade them, they automatically refuse to listen. Socrates expected this. because people are generally closed minded