Socrates Trial and Death.

I don 't know , I don 't think I know ' Socrates paradoxical wisdom made the prominent Athenians drown into mediocrity and retaliating with accusations that lead to his trial

This shows that not only was a martyr but an iconoclast as well . He emancipated from the conventional wisdom that blinded the prominent men of Athens . Eventually , it paved the way to his trial that made him even more prominent than any other Athenian . The sheer envy of the prominent Athenians didn 't affect Socrates ' principles and beliefs , instead he remained humble that

is a sign of martyrdom

Socrates as an anti-democrat

It is often argued that Socrates believed that the "ideals belong in a world that only the wise man can understand . This made an issue that the philosopher the only type of person suitable to govern others , which made him look like an anti-democrat among the prominent Athenians According to Plato 's account , Socrates was in no way subtle about his particular beliefs on government . Socrates never held public office even he with his innate wisdom that trampled the egos of the prominent men of Athens , He never considered to govern that implies that he wasn 't either an anti-democrat or democrat . Yet he deliberately objected to the democracy that ran Athens during his adult life , not because he was an anti-democrat but rather he saw that Athens was gradually drowning in mediocrity in its continuous gratification of material wealth . It was not only Athenian democracy : Socrates objected to any type of government that did not conform to his ideal of a perfect republic led by philosophers , and Athenian government was far from that . Although he defied the type of government that Athens implemented , it is not plausible enough that he was against democracy . He simply wanted to change...