Socrates (pronounced ˈsɒkrətiːz and wrote in Greek Σωκράτης) (born in 469-470 b.C.E., died in 399 b.C.E.) was a Classical Greek Philosopher that influenced in the definition of concepts like Society and Ethics in the time he lived, through dialectics.
some of Socrates characteristics were:
-Ugliness, which make him believe that beauty was not only on the outside, but on the inside, on the mind.
-Never wrote anything, all we know about Socrates is what Plato, his disciple, has wrote.
-The fact of being a philosopher, to actually create the concept of Philosophy, because in his time there were only sophists, by implementing dialectics to express arguments and develop wisdom and not only knowledge
-Naturalistic influence, which made him a particular philosopher with his believes, like the man is not equal to nature, that there is reason and that we think for something because of that.
-"Divine Voice", he thought that that actually existed, and because of that he was accused for creating new gods, and that was the straw that broke the camel (didnt mention it before, but sophists were pissed off with Socrates because after he created Philosophy the sophists classrooms were empty and they wanted to kill him, but couldnt find a good reason, so after the "divine voice" thing, they found it so accused him and thought they were free of Philosophy, but Socrates left an important message to Greece, so it was actually the beggining of a new era of Philosophy, people created and spread new ideologies)
Socrates wanted to teach people that we should learn from ourselves, and not from nature, and from that thought Ethics appeared, which means that if we think something is good, then its good.
But, if a thieve thinks that stealing is good, for reasons like its easier than working, you can do it whenever you want, you get what you want, etc., then, because of the concept of ethics, its good right? for the thieve its ok, but for everybody else its not..
thats why we dont discuss ethics in class.. total confussion..
