In "The Apology"," Plato claims that Socrates is the wisest man even if he doesn't believe that he is. Plato claims that, "he is not speaking of Socrates, he is only using my name by the way of illustration, as if he said, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing"" (pg. 104, p. 9). This is strength to Plato's argument because he explains why Socrates is going around spreading his knowledge. ... For example on page 7, section 25, Freud claims, "We assume that human instincts are of two kinds: those that converse and unify, which we call...

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