these people were certainly wise, they were very conceited as to think that they knew everything that there was to know. Socrates then concluded that he did in fact possess a special kind of wisdom, and that was the wisdom to admit that he did not know everything. From this experience we derive the age old saying that "True wisdom is in knowing that we do not, and cannot know everything." In fact, Socrates believed that "Only God possess 'true' knowledge. Any knowledge that man accumulates is worth little in comparison to what God knows." And since Socrates believed that he did not possess any special knowledge or wisdom other than what was said previously, he did not write any books, or charge money for his services. He often just talked to anyone that was willing to converse with him about anything under the sun, ranging from discussions on love, politics, war, friendship, religion, and government. Most of these discussions, however, focused on the question "How should a man live his life?" According to him, "An unexamined life is not worth living." This goes hand in hand with my belief that life is worthless if you have no reason to live; if there is no meaning in your life. The only way to discover meaning and reason is to examine the situation at hand, in this case, life itself. Reason and meaning is what drives people to continue living and existing. If there is no reason for something to exist, then it should not, and does not exist (Aristotle believed this as well. I found out about this fact after I thought of this, though.). Following my, and Aristotle's belief, if a person's life has no reason for being, or meaning, then that life does not exist, or have value.
             In discussions, Socrates did not go rambling on boring lectures. He often asked his listeners to consider and analyze the question at hand with him. This is now known as the Socrates Method, ...