Compare And Contrast Socrates And Plato

Among all of the mass majority of people in the world, a select few spend large amounts of time studying philosophy. Indeed, this is what two of the most famous philosophers did, named “Socrates” and “Plato”. Socrates had a very tragic death because he was assassinated for his opinions of a way to discover the truth in any situation. After Socrates had passed, Plato spent large amounts of his life writing dialogues of speeches that Socrates had presented to a vast majority of people. Plato’s dialogues that he composed, were highly affected by his desire for philosophy and his own personal experiences. Growing up, Plato began to write stories and such, but his resources were very petite and limited. He began writing more of his own ideas about central justice, contributing to wisdom, and moderation of society itself. In the later period, Plato began exploring the role that art played in different regions. Plato has believed that the world we see through our own two eyes is constantly changing. In each of the dialogues he composed, he makes an effort to try and communicate Socrates’ philosophy and teachings (“Plato”).

Socrates did not compose of any writings, but his conversations were considered compositions themselves. Even though not a large amount of people admired him, Plato and Xenophon looked up to him. Later in Socrates’ life, he was put on the death trial because he was charged with impiety (Meinwald). Plato knew about this event and wrote “The Apology,” covering a bunch of aspects of Socrates trial. Socrates played a major part in Plato’s life because he introduced Plato to a great resource of philosophy