"attention to acquiring as much money as possible, and similarly with reputation and honor, and give no attention or thought to truth and understanding and the perfection of your soul." (Socrates' Defense pg.16) Solomon too saw others straying from goodness. He then lent his spirit to the "be merry and drink" attitude, to see if any change in personal feeling could be reached. Still he wrote, "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone. For God will bring every deed into judgement, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. (Ecclesiastes Ch. 12 v. 14-15)Daily, Socrates strove to find enlightenment. In a time where most observed, he instead speculated, journeying to find reality and an understanding of values. In turn, he would trade his life of being an aging, impoverished man, for something much more. His ideas propelled him to the forefront of contemporary philosophy. But is that how Socrates would like to be remembered? I think not! Instead he should be thought of as a man who searched for and found what he always desired. Neither wisdom nor knowledge was important to him, but happiness and truth gave him reason to live. He battled injustice and evil with equanimity, because there was no other life for Socrates. It was a mission of God, in which he tried to show others that life's lesson, is in goodness and morality not immortality. ...
