00:00Why is Socrates so important and why is he a big turning point or rather a take-off?
00:05Because he brought another dimension to Greek thought.
00:09He turned it inward.
00:11The four Hellenistic schools, they all come from Socrates.
00:15All of them owe their allegiance to Socrates.
00:19A bit similar to how the six Indian schools all claim reverence and allegiance to the Vedas.
00:26That is the importance of Socrates in Greece.
00:28You could say he is the Ved there.
00:30He said the primary purpose of philosophy must be life.
00:34How to live.
00:35This was a big change, a radical departure.
00:38Because we are living people and there can be no question bigger than this one.
00:42So he changed the entire direction of philosophy.
00:45And he also brought in new methods.
00:47The Socratic method, you have heard of it.
00:49Cross-examination and dialectics.
00:51So fond he was of discussions that in spite of not being rich,
00:57he would actually pay people to discuss with him.
01:00Bluntly, you could say he was bribing them.
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