“Socrates looked more into the nature of man himself, rather than the physical universe. The most important mystery for the study of the philosopher became looking at the way human beings understand things. He developed a way of questioning that deconstructed the way people understood—or more importantly, misunderstood—concepts of faith, society, and moral issues. Although he wrote nothing down, what we know of him is based upon the notes of his students, primarily Plato.

Socrates stands as the first important name in the history of realistic philosophy, putting forward the idea that there can be no assumptions without questioning why something is so or how it came about. Built on solid experience and verifiable observations, his core principles remain as valid today as they were in ancient Athens.”