Socrates

September 18, 2018 is our first test. It is on A Message to Garcia, Socrates, the ancient Greeks, and the importance of Excellence. I am writing about Socrates and how he gives people a reason to think. He makes the statement of "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates asks a series of questions in order to get you thinking. When he was put on trial his defense was " It's my job to be the gadfly to the lazy, sluggish horse that is Athens." I should actually be rewarded with free dinners for life."  He was found guilty by a jury of 550 male citizens. He was sentenced to death by hemlock. He was given an opportunity to escape, but he refused in order to prove his point. I believe that his words are still applicable to today's world because everyone needs to make up their own mind, not have their opinions based on others. People take advantage of people because they don't want to contradict others, or want to have to make their own decision.