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Socrates was born in 470 B.C. There is no record of Socrates work. Our best sources of information about Socrates's philosophical views are the early dialogues of his student Plato. Although Socrates also appears as a character in the later dialogues of Plato, these writings more often express philosophical positions Plato himself developed long after Socrates's death. “In the Socratic dialogues, his extended conversations with students, statesmen, and friends aim at understanding and achieving virtue through critical thinking.”, The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin, 1995). Destroying the illusion that we already comprehend the world perfectly and honestly accepting the fact of our own ignorance, Socrates believed, are vital steps toward our acquisition of genuine knowledge, by discovering universal definitions of the key concepts governing human life. Socrates was idolized by young Athenians, which will come back to haunt him and evetually be a reason for his death. “He was not interested in arguing for the sake of arguing, he wanted to discover something important, namely, the essential nature of knowledge, justice, beauty, goodness and especially traits of good character such as courage.”, Philosophy The Power o