Sara St.

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

cities need more cozy enchanting late night cafes to work & read from til 1am

"When faced with a difficult problem, don’t try to solve it. Instead, make sure you understand it. If you understand it properly, the solution will be obvious."

via https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/problem-solving

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

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

χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά

beautiful/good things [are] difficult [to attain]