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Reflections

Chapter I
Subsection II

1) Socrates came to some clear conclusions after he investigated several men who laid claim to being wise. Do you think his observations were accurate about the claims we make? In the last analysis, according to Socrates, what makes a person wise?

When a person has devoted their life to the study of or work in a particular field that study/work tends to consume and define a persons entire life. They live by the standards set to them by choosing to focus so completely on the way of living that makes their study/work most productive or easiest. They gain a certain amount of knowledge and at some point decide they know it all. They take up a presumptuous attitude to be able to answer any question asked of them regarding their field of study or work. They then use that same attitude in everyday living. This is what I interpreted from the writing about Socrates. That everyman professed a certain superior intelligence in any field in......

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