... Priestess," Who among all human beings is the wisest?" The Priestess in turn replied: "Socrates of Athens is the wisest man." This greatly puzzled Socrates for he was aware of his ignorance but also knew that at the same time Apollo could speak only the truth. From this point on he went in search of anyone whose knowledge would surpass his. He questioned all types of people in Athens from many different walks of life, from ordinary citizens to politicians, philosophers, self-proclaimed wise men and others (Capaldi, 51). Through this process of simply questioning others on their supposed knowledge on a particular subject, Socrates exposed their claims to knowledge as false by showing that their knowledge was assumed and not as complete as they made it out to be. Through this questioning, Socrates made many enemies and was the recipient of animosity. People were not too keen on having their ...

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