During his trial Socrates explained that he had no interest to engage in politics, because a certain divine sign told him that he was to encourage a just and noble lifestyle within the young men of Athens. ... When Socrates told the court that if set free, he would not stop this practice, claiming that he must follow the voice of his god over the dictates of the state, the court found him guilty and he was executed one month later. ... The other two were Plato and Aristotle. ... Averroes was one of the major Islamic scholars of the Middle Ages who wrote commentaries on Plato and Aristotle. ...

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