The late, great revolutionary philosopher by the name of Socrates (469-3999 B.) was thought to have never wrote anything, at least nothing he did was ever found, never-theless he left something far greater instead: his views of wisdom. Socrates believed a truly wise person would engage in these mere five steps (self-examination, becoming a gadfly, a midwife, leading a virtuous life, and indulging in a passion for ALL knowledge) and then and only then would one lead a truly good and healthy life. .
As I take Socrates philosophy and apply it to my own life and experience I feel that it makes room for great improvements. In the past I've already began to self-examine myself resulting in the knowledge of who I am thus far, but it's recently becom-ing more important than I should re-examine myself. In coming to college a lot of things changed for me, still are, and will continue to, and someone once said that if you don't know where you came from you"ll fall for anything.
As far as being a gadfly goes, I feel that I"m that/can be that sting that opens people's eyes to something they never thought before. Me, Teela Brown, represents a lot of things in one, like many, but if I can change the mind, or open a mind better yet, for a once closed one, and be there throughout the process then that gadfly and midwife step is off to a good start. That beings me to leading a virtuous life, where "Socrates believed that pursuit of the virtue and excellence was fare more important then avoiding death and pursuing the temporary pleasures of life." So if I can rise above the "temporary plea-sures," greed, materialistic things, and so on, and engage myself in something more, then I think it would rid my life of the excess/unnecessary pot-holes life can entail. .
And lastly, having a passion for all knowledge would probably be the most diff-icult in college, when we are forced to choose a major our second year, but I think if you look a little harder, you can achieve a passion for all knowledge.