Socrates

Today in class we mostly talked about Socrates the Philosopher.  As a young man he worked as a stonemason.  Later, he fought heroically in the Peloponnesian War.  Athens was a great city which attracted brilliant thinkers.  Visitors from all round the world shared their knowledge of astronomy, medicine, meteorology, literature, Philosophy, and all things scientific.  This was often at odds with traditional teachings which centered around the Greek gods, which got young people thinking and questioning.  Later, Socrates was put on trial.  He was charged with two crimes.  The crimes were corruption of Athen's youth, and impiety.  He actually admitted that he did it and said he should actually be rewarded for what he did.  He didn't succeed and he he was put to death.  They killed him by giving him a poison.  What sums this all up is the unexamined life is worth living meaning if you don't know what your goal is in life then its not worth living.