Socrates

The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise. Since he sought genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent, Socrates employed the same logical tricks developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursuit of truth. Thus, his willingness to call everything into question and his determination to accept nothing less than an adequate account of the nature of things make him the first clear exponent of critical philosophy. His belief was that people are always seeking to do better with their lives. That our thoughts control our actions and leisure time is very important.

1st

The highest knowledge is possessed by that individual who truly knows himself. This knowledge constitutes ultimate wisdom. It enables man to act in a virtuous manner at all times, because he knows what will bring him true happiness.

2nd

Virtue isn't knowledge. Virtue involves actually doing something. It's the classic mistake in philosophy (at least in Western philosophy) to overemphasize knowledge and to de-emphasize practice. To much focus on the theoretical, not enough on the empirical or practical.

An enlightened person chooses a virtuous path. This would be saying that only knowledge can produce virtue, which may hold some truth to some extent.

3rd

He believed that humans were both ignorant and wise and it is our job to determine what is true and what is false. We achieve this by talking to others and sharing our ideas Whatever action a man chooses is motivated by his desire for happiness. Knowledge, virtue, and wisdom are all the same, since man chooses an action according to what he thinks will bring him the greatest happiness. Therefore the more a man knows, the greater his ability to reason out the correct choice and to choose those actions which truly bring happiness to him.

It is a rather bold statement, but i do however agree with him.

You see I was giving an assignment that requires me to look further into the good life/the unexamined life and during this assignment realized that Socrates had a point.

We as people are constantly looking to have a good life and Socrates sought out to make that clear, we should first examine our lives in order to live a good life that is 'worth living'. Socrates pointed out that we as humans depend on material items to make