> Naturally, the established powers and polite society didn't find this to their liking. We all know how his story ended.
Socrates was sentenced to death not for exposing how little everyone else knew. The esteemed philosopher was sentenced to death because he was deliberately annoying people - like a fly - with badgering questions that would force the questionee into a corner.
Today we call this method of exposing contradictions in one's mindset the Socratic Method.
Today we call this method of exposing contradictions in one's mindset the Socratic Method.