When Strepsiades first arrives at the thought, he is greeted by the student who tells him the kinds of things reflected in the thought. He said to Strepsiades: “A little while ago, Socrates asked Chaerephon how many legs a flea could jump” (Aristophanes, 144-145). Aristophanes' goal is to mock Socrates and his disciples, but he knows that a true philosopher is constantly thinking about new things and questioning everything he examines. One of Socrates' friends went to the Oracle and "he asked if there was anyone wiser than me." The Pythia replied that no one was wiser” (Plato, 21a). Because of his gift for questioning everything, Socrates wonders what this could mean since so many people in Athens were considered wiser than him. He tells his jury that "when I heard these things, I thought about it like this: 'What then does the god say, and what riddle does he pose?' » (Plato, 21b). A philosopher believes nothing by faith, but only by reason. Therefore, Socrates had to understand the meaning of what the Oracle was saying through his