Who was Socrates?

Have you ever been one-hundred-percent sure you were right about something, only to realize you were completely wrong? Welcome to the wild world of Socrates! Travel back to Ancient Athens to meet one of history's most famous thinkers—a man who figured out that the smartest thing you can possibly do is admit you know absolutely nothing at all! Instead of writing books or working a normal job, Socrates spent his days wandering the marketplace, asking powerful leaders simple but tricky questions. He wanted to see if they actually knew what words like "fairness" and "courage" meant. Spoiler alert: they usually didn't! This back-and-forth questioning became known as the Socratic Method. Discover why asking "why?" is a superpower, how saying "I don't know" can actually win an argument, and why the leaders of Athens were so afraid of this question-asking genius. Plus, learn some wild facts about Socrates, like how he used to walk barefoot in the freezing ice and stand completely still for an entire day just to think! Get ready to twist your brain into knots—in the best way possible!