Socrates Limelight (Character Analysis of Socrates and What Makes Him Interesting) Around 430 BC a child was born who would grow up to influence the world through his teacher , Socrates. This child was Plato, who around 380-360 BC wrote his famous piece The Republic. The protagonist of this literature was Socrates, of whom to this day no one can say with absolute certainty, supported by justifiable evidence, that Socrates was a real person. This is very similar to the situation with Jesus Christ of the Christian religion, who no one can prove with concrete evidence, was a real person because neither of these two famous idols ever wrote anything if they really existed. For Jesus it was his apostles who wrote his story and for Socrates "Please tell me; what about the doctor in the truest sense of the word, to use your phrase; is he a businessman or one who serves the sick?" ' Socrates asks Thrasymachus in the first book. Previously, Socrates had used the example of a doctor to explain to Thrasymachus that not everyone who was in power and practiced justice did so for the purpose of gaining more money and power. You can strive to be right for the sake of being right. The doctor seeks to help his patients, not to earn money. “Adimantus says that philosophers are useless or corrupt. In response, Socrates creates a philosopher-warrior hybrid who will appeal to his brothers. Previously, Socrates describes the job of tutor and the nature that suits someone for that job. He then turns to to the education necessary to turn someone suitable for guardianship into a guardian." (Shaw) After Adeimatus' statement, Socrates uses examples to explain why this statement is not necessarily true. He also takes into account Adeimato's personality and creates an example that will allow him to understand Socrates' point. "Plato did not think that Thrasymachus had correctly described the relationship between a ruler and the state when he compared it to that between a greedy shepherd and his sheep. Socrates objects for two reasons. The first: "It follows then that God, since he is good would not be the cause of all these [bad] things, as most say, but the cause of few things for humanity..."' Socrates states to Adeimantus in the second book. This gives Adeimantus pause when he realizes how much his statement had been: "Political correctness also fosters an atmosphere of intimidation and encourages slavish moral and intellectual conformity, attacking the very foundations of the free exchange of ideas. Even worse, it encourages a kind of intellectual sentimentality that makes it difficult to recognize certain unpleasant realities: the reality, for example, that not all cultures, or even all individuals, are equal in terms of potential or achievement." (Kimball) Socrates is very good at making sure his students and his debate partners understand that opinions can vary and makes them ask: what then is the correct view and how should a decision be made and many other reasons make Socrates an interesting character. Surely there is a third choice. 'Socrates insists in the first book when he is confronted by Polemarchus who threatens him to stay in Piraeus or fight him and the gang. When he explains that he wants to persuade them, they automatically refuse to listen people are generally closed-minded