Reflection # 11

Socrates was born in Athens, the idea of Socratic Elenchus is figuring out what his audience moral beliefs were. While their being confused on what their beliefs are, Socrates can qualify it as having no positive beliefs. Although some believe it can also have a positive effect. Gregory Vlastos is one who believes that Elenchus have a positive effect in figuring out moral truths. He also stated that if Socratic Elenchus can be used to figure out positive moral beliefs, it could also point out the untruthfulness side of it as well.
Furthermore, when we feel that we truly reached happiness we automatically think that it involves money, sex, and or exercising right to achieve the look you always longed for. We consider happiness as how our lives are pictured, but Socrates believe it's just another objective in life. Socrates considered happiness to be found within your own soul, while having honor, integrity, and wealth. Socrates believes that good and evil had a great deal to do with morality. He defined a bad person as someone who committed dirty deeds without even being revealed towards it. He believed that in doing what is right and having morality's with respect during life determined if you went to a better place in the afterlife; a place called heaven.
In addition, Socrates believed he was on earth to establish wisdom from the great god Apollo himself. He believed he was wise because he never pretended like he knew something when in reality he didn't.
When he was accused for not believing in gods and influencing the youth, to his defense he said the youth followed him on their own will. Like he said, "A bad man cannot harm a better person."