Trial of Socrates

Socrates never wrote down anything because he understood that real philosophy happens in dialogue. Once you write down philosophical ideas, they become dogmas and some people will stop to think for themselves and recite it without really understanding what they are saying.

Plato’s Meno (84c):

Σωκράτης
οἴει οὖν ἂν αὐτὸν πρότερον ἐπιχειρῆσαι ζητεῖν ἢ μανθάνειν τοῦτο ὃ ᾤετο εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, πρὶν εἰς ἀπορίαν κατέπεσεν ἡγησάμενος μὴ εἰδέναι, καὶ ἐπόθησεν τὸ εἰδέναι;

Μένων
οὔ μοι δοκεῖ, ὦ Σώκρατες.

Σωκράτης
ὤνητο ἄρα ναρκήσας;

Μένων
δοκεῖ μοι.

Σωκράτης
σκέψαι δὴ ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἀπορίας ὅτι καὶ ἀνευρήσει ζητῶν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ, οὐδὲν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ

Socrates did not necessarily want to die. But being physically dead was preferable to being made mouth-dead by the state

So much of Socrates’ behaviour at his trial can be explained with him being an ENTP