Compare and Contrast the Socrates of the Clouds, with the Socrates of the Platonic dialogues. Is he aganist the nature, or following it?Does Socrates use the `unjust` speech?Does he invent new Gods?Does he corrupt the youth?What is your opinion?

When asked what Socrates was doing , the philosopher replied , I am walking in the air , and speculating about the sun (Aristophanes 1909 ,

. 13 . From this perspective , it gives the impression of Socrates engaging in natural science , thus , heavily follows it . On the other hand , Plato portrayed his teacher as not involve in nature or natural science in one way or another . In his dialogues , though Plato did not present Socrates as someone who is not involve in natural science Socrates deeply encouraged to rely more on critical and rational thinking that

with the cosmic forces . Despite of this , Socrates was not disrespectful of the achievements of natural science (Nehamas , 1999 ,

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Subsequently this headed out to Socrates ' perception of the Gods and Goddesses . In Greek society , the presence of the deities plays an important role in politics and culture . In Aristophanes ' play , Socrates aggressively told Strepsiades that Zeus does not exist (Aristophanes ,

br 20 ) in which he further explained that the world is governed by a group of celestial bodies called Vortex . On one of Plato 's work , the Apology he narrated that Socrates have been accused of not believing in God by his critics . In which Plato wrote Socrates ' defense that he believe that there are gods , in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them (Plato , 2004 ,

. 23 . From the two works , it can be seen that there has been a switch of Socrates ' image in terms of beliefs connecting with celestial bodies

Personally , in terms of reliability , the work of Plato weighs more in that category than Aristophanes . Though both can be seen of each other 's bias , the fact that Socrates ' image has been exaggerated for the purpose of entertainment and humor in Aristophanes ' play is...