The Influence Socrates On The Society

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Every person has an idol, somebody to look up to, try to become alike, understand own mistakes in comparison, and be a little wiser. Most of our societies actually rely on somebody to tell them the proper way of doing things, but some of us are being leaders who can show the path. Socrates’ radical skepticism and questioning improved the society and morality. It took people a lot of time to open their minds and to see the truth and reality. This ideas, thoughts and methods were passed on by his followers, mostly by Plato. More than that, the only evidence and prove of the existence and importance of Socrates we know from Plato’s recorded dialogues. Socrates was the fundamentalist of the Western culture and people nowadays still use his theories to build and understand the world.
In the times of Socrates (469-399BC) people were still barbarians in a way that they would do as were told to do. Their major fear was the government and the law. Women were not even allowed to vote, so automatically it became unreasonable to understand something you are not involved in. The government and especially the law were sacred since it was dictated by Gods. Greeks had many Gods at hat time which resulted in more rules, fear and punishment. Athenians got blinded by the strong power which was impossible to prove but hard to resist. Socrates’ major collapse regarding his behavior with other Athenians was his going too fast. People could not reach his level of wisdom, acceptance and supremacy so fast without getting afraid of the punishment from Gods. Some of Socrates’ friends obviously supported him and maintained the same attitude even after his death, but for others it took a while to understand the importance and magnificence of existence of such a man.
“Those who love me follow me”, said Socrates and was right since the only person who actually tried to prove the unreasonable and unfair judgment was Plato, the only lo...