• Men who claimed they were experts at wisdom.
• wanted to shape the conducts of the youth to make it seem like they had wisdom

• socrates only interested in the truth
• sought out answers not followers 
• sophists wanted wealth and fame

1. what is socratic wisdom?--> tells us what wisdom is not

2. what is philosophy according to socrates?

• refers to his earlier accusers in order to clear his reputation
• accused him of being inpietus and trying to go above the God's head
• present bad arguements and pass them off as good arguments to deceive

• Oracle Adelphi tells Socrates he is the wisest
• confuses Socrates because he does not believe himself to be wise b/c he does not know the answers to Socratic questions

• socrates believe that some hae techne (applied knowledge) in their trade for example
• no one has sophia--> must examine yourself along with others and always be open to revision

• Socrates is wiser because he does not pretend to have wisdom
• anyone can be Socrates as long as they live and examine life, along with oneself

• need philosophers to ask us hard questions
• especially when things are good because we form knowledge out of complacency and habit
• force us to question our most deeply held assumptions
• make us feel uncomfortable but in the end we lead a better life

• asks his sentence to be that they throw him a party like an olympian
• olympians give you the illusion of happiness that is superficial
• Socrates makes you happy because he questions your deeply held assumptions
• embaresses you but is good for you in the end b/c you become more open to learning

• utilizes Socrates as a spokesperson to talk about: 
• the nature of the soul
• how you should live your life if you want to care for the soul

• socrates faces death without resentment--> believes he will join the Gods in a better future
• death is a separation of body and soul-> philosophers live a certain life to prepare the separation of the soul

• the body distracts the mind--> cant concentrate on wisdom
• the body only presents the way things appear and not the way things are--> body cant distinguish between appearence and reality

• when it takes leave of the body
• use our intellects to grasp reality/forms

• things in the world are cetegorized by the forms
• can identify the form when it is seen
• come close to grasping a form makes one wiser

• the forms exist in heaven
• the forms are immutable, eternal
• the forms are concepts
• form captures what many individual things have in common
• forms are abstract ideal standards
• not grasped perfectly because the body gets in the way
• a way of purifying the soul is by focusing the intellect to grasp the forms

• use reason and the intellect to avoid conflict and get along
• must view things from a more rational point of view

• when we look at the opposite states of living things it appears that those things always com from their opposite state
• there is always a pair of processes between opposites (going from one oppsite to another)
• knowledge is passed on as the soul lives in a new body--> the knowledge is recovered 
• the souls of the living come from the souls of the dead--> why Socrates does not resent dying and death

• if learning is recollection then the soul is immortal
• learning is recollection
• therefore, the soul is immortal