He questioned politicians, then poets, then craftsmen. The craftsmen really did know things he didn’t, but each of them thought he knew far more than he did. The questioning made him many enemies.
From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato
He questioned politicians, then poets, then craftsmen. The craftsmen really did know things he didn’t, but each of them thought he knew far more than he did. The questioning made him many enemies.
From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato
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