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Was Socrates Arrogant?

Date Submitted: 09/23/2003 09:44:08
Length: 1 pages (336 words)
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believe that this famous philosopher, Socrates, was arrogant. He believed he was a very wise man, don't get me wrong he was, but not the wisest. There could be wiser out there. He believed he was the wisest of all man because he admitted how he tried finding a wiser man than he but did not succeed in doing so. He believes he is superior to others because he questions them too much. He believes …

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…and stop what he is doing. He did not accept this, he told them he will never be quite and that he will keep talking until the day he dies. They then sentenced him to death by drinking poison. This he accepted because he is not afraid of death. He believes there is something of an after-life and he will learn and know about death once he dies. Socrates is an arrogant, but wise man.

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