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The Wisest Man in Athens One day, Socrates' friend Chaerephon asked the Oracle of Delphi, "Is anyone wiser than Socrates?" The Oracle replied, "No one is wiser." Confused, Socrates thought, "I know nothing, so how can I be the wisest?" He set out to find someone wiser—politicians, poets, and craftsmen. But he realized: Politicians claimed to know justice but didn’t. Poets wrote beautifully but couldn’t explain their work. Craftsmen knew their trade but thought they knew everything. Socrates concluded: "I am wiser because I know that I know nothing." The Gadfly of Athens Socrates wandered Athens, asking tough questions: "What is justice?" "What makes a good life?" His Socratic Method made people think—but also angered leaders. They accused him of corrupting the youth and disrespecting the gods. The Trial & Death of Socrates At 70 years old, Socrates was put on trial. Instead of begging for mercy, he said: "An unexamined life is not worth living." The jury sentenced him to death by drinking hemlock poison. His students begged him to escape, but he refused, saying: "I must obey the law, even if it is unjust." Calmly, he drank the poison and died—a martyr for truth and philosophy.