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  • Essay / Compare and contrast Socrates and Pericles - 768

    Socrates says: “Chaerephon, as you know, was very impetuous in all his actions, and he went to Delphi and boldly asked the oracle to tell him if there was someone wiser than I was, and the Pythian prophetess replied that there was no one wiser” (Plato, p. 4). He continues and explains that because he recognizes that he knows nothing about the facts, it means that he is the wisest of all. This statement alone could be enough to assume that he is refuting the rulers of Athens and Pericles who supported them, who was known for imposing their beliefs on their citizens. Socrates could have implied that the type of people who think they know what is best and who implement these views on their people as fact are wrong only because they are sure they are..