What Is Socrates Is And What Might That Be Marceous
Socrates walks into a cave and confronts a strange man.
MARCEOUS Socrates, we have some things to discuss, dear friend.
SOCRATES And what might that be, Marceous?
MARCEOUS I have watched you spread your wisdom to many. The young, the old, the rich, and the poor. You claim not to be the wisest man alive, but that is what truly makes you the wisest of any. You know when you do not. You teach others about things that you, yourself, do not even know. I told you I would return to you one day, to acquire some assistance, and that is why I am here. I am, in need of your wisdom. All I ask is that you enlighten my mind and spread your knowledge to me. I am a leader. And fear that I failed those that I lead.
SOCRATES Marceous, you have more knowledge …show more content…
You can find the truth in anything. You manipulate others and in turn you teach them. You prove them wrong and in doing so you teach important lessons and truths.
Socrates stands still for a moment.
SOCRATES If you are a leader, and you have truly failed. Can one not learn from a mistake and better themselves to not make it again?
MARCEOUS Yes, but if one causes a problem and does not take responsibility for their actions. How can they be a leader if they hide from their mistakes?
SOCRATES Mistakes, and failures, are what teach us our greatest lessons. From them, we receive knowledge that may not have been possible to receive otherwise.
MARCEOUS Agreed. We learn great lessons from our mistakes. But, how can someone lead when they have failed on so many occasions. A leader points in the right direction and sets the right examples. One who falsely leads, cannot be a leader.
SOCRATES But, a leader with good intentions will point to where they believe is the right direction. Whether it is the wrong direction or not, good intentions will lead to a good leader, but one must find if their intentions are truly good, before one can judge their own. Is this not …show more content…
I have now realized what intentions, I now truly hold. You have helped me better myself and not to see life with such a blind eye. But my leadership and intentions of it, are not the only problem that I have crossed. I have lost a valuable privilege that I prized so dearly and now it has been taken away. I was a man with infinite time, and now I am a man with very little.
SOCRATES Why do you prize this privilege so highly? A man with little time is a man that shows and finds their true self. The split-second decisions and your gut, show your true self and who you are. A man without time is a man that may never truly find his true nature. He will never be able to look at himself and see what he truly wants. Only when one is faced with death, is when one truly lets out all of their hidden wants and guilt. I fear you have little time left, I realized this the moment I saw you. I knew you would only return at the last possible opportunity you had.
MARCEOUS Yes, this may be my last opportunity, and I should have consulted with you much sooner. But, your wisdom may save me the time I need, to help better those that I lead, before I no longer can. Because without my privilege I am no longer sane.
SOCRATES The man who seeks knowledge and help is the man who will receive it. But, when a privilege is gone does one become lost or do they become scared? Or is it
MARCEOUS Socrates, we have some things to discuss, dear friend.
SOCRATES And what might that be, Marceous?
MARCEOUS I have watched you spread your wisdom to many. The young, the old, the rich, and the poor. You claim not to be the wisest man alive, but that is what truly makes you the wisest of any. You know when you do not. You teach others about things that you, yourself, do not even know. I told you I would return to you one day, to acquire some assistance, and that is why I am here. I am, in need of your wisdom. All I ask is that you enlighten my mind and spread your knowledge to me. I am a leader. And fear that I failed those that I lead.
SOCRATES Marceous, you have more knowledge …show more content…
You can find the truth in anything. You manipulate others and in turn you teach them. You prove them wrong and in doing so you teach important lessons and truths.
Socrates stands still for a moment.
SOCRATES If you are a leader, and you have truly failed. Can one not learn from a mistake and better themselves to not make it again?
MARCEOUS Yes, but if one causes a problem and does not take responsibility for their actions. How can they be a leader if they hide from their mistakes?
SOCRATES Mistakes, and failures, are what teach us our greatest lessons. From them, we receive knowledge that may not have been possible to receive otherwise.
MARCEOUS Agreed. We learn great lessons from our mistakes. But, how can someone lead when they have failed on so many occasions. A leader points in the right direction and sets the right examples. One who falsely leads, cannot be a leader.
SOCRATES But, a leader with good intentions will point to where they believe is the right direction. Whether it is the wrong direction or not, good intentions will lead to a good leader, but one must find if their intentions are truly good, before one can judge their own. Is this not …show more content…
I have now realized what intentions, I now truly hold. You have helped me better myself and not to see life with such a blind eye. But my leadership and intentions of it, are not the only problem that I have crossed. I have lost a valuable privilege that I prized so dearly and now it has been taken away. I was a man with infinite time, and now I am a man with very little.
SOCRATES Why do you prize this privilege so highly? A man with little time is a man that shows and finds their true self. The split-second decisions and your gut, show your true self and who you are. A man without time is a man that may never truly find his true nature. He will never be able to look at himself and see what he truly wants. Only when one is faced with death, is when one truly lets out all of their hidden wants and guilt. I fear you have little time left, I realized this the moment I saw you. I knew you would only return at the last possible opportunity you had.
MARCEOUS Yes, this may be my last opportunity, and I should have consulted with you much sooner. But, your wisdom may save me the time I need, to help better those that I lead, before I no longer can. Because without my privilege I am no longer sane.
SOCRATES The man who seeks knowledge and help is the man who will receive it. But, when a privilege is gone does one become lost or do they become scared? Or is it