Is like all the other [[Sage]] archetypes - jesus, buddha, etc. socrates advocates for three things: - best life is life of virtue - virtue depends on knowledge - that he does not have the knowledge needed for virtue - Divine beings said Socrates was the smartest being alive indefinitely, to which he challenges (instead of confirmation bias) - Social media has enhanced our bias for confirmation, letting us indulge in confirmation porn. instead, we need to [[Find your inner self in the world through boredom]] - Know thyself isn't to boast our uniqueness and stroking of our ego, it's moreso understanding our owners manual - Core of axial revolution - having control of our own cognition socrates is intertwined with stoicism, neoplatonism, platonism, all these historical philosophies we cant take him away he was very ironic, maybe related to learned ig ignorance? gives us a special headspace for internalization? Can adopt his principles through [[Socratic dialogue]] - Paradoxical - despite not knowing he is willing to die for it - plato perceives socrates as most virtuous, despite him claiming he isn't these qualities