Cyber day #3


Explain why you think Socrates, and Sophists like Protagoras, would start questioning traditional beliefs at this particular point in history.


I believe that Socrates started questioning traditional beliefs at this point in history because of his own principles. His principle was to come to a decision by his own rational thoughts, not that of others. When the generals came back and were subsequently put on a trial, Socrates, being the intelligent man he was, thought that maybe killing all your generals would be a bad idea. He also might've questioned whether the crime they committed should've counted as a crime at all. What the generals did was abandon their men that fell overboard and retreat, perhaps a seemingly cowardly act. However, perhaps they had no choice and if they hadn't then the entire military would've been killed an extremely worse outcome. Perhaps they knew that retreating would've been the best decision. Socrates, who looked further than the surface level of them being cowards, might've seen this which explains why he sided with them and publicly stated that they should be freed. Seeing how traditional belief killed these men and left Athens without any generals might've explained why Socrates and others started to question the effectiveness of traditional belief.

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