Improve Your Critical Thinking.

The Ancient Secret of Great Minds.

Socrates was on trial.

Not for theft. Not for murder. But for asking too many questions.

The Athenians saw him as a threat. He wasn’t feared for what he knew. In fact, he claimed to know nothing.

He was feared because he made others realize they knew nothing.

The Trap of Certainty

Socrates didn’t teach. He didn’t lecture. Instead, he asked.

Take Euthydemus, a bright young student who thought he understood justice. Lying and stealing? Obviously unjust. But Socrates pressed him:

“Is it unjust for a general to deceive the enemy?”

Wait. Maybe not.

“What about a doctor lying to a patient to give them hope?”

Uh-oh.

Within minutes, Euthydemus was lost, drowning in his own contradictions. By the end, he wasn’t sure of anything anymore.

Socrates didn’t hand him answers - he forced him to think.

How to Think Like Socrates

You don’t need to be a philosopher to think like one. Just start asking:

• Why do I believe this?

• What assumptions am I making?

• Could the opposite be true?

• If this belief were false, what else would change?

Apply this to work, relationships - anything. Don’t aim to win arguments. Aim to uncover truth.

The Cost of Questioning

Socrates wasn’t perfect.

He wasn’t always patient. He was sharp, relentless, and he openly criticized Athenian democracy. That made him dangerous.

And it got him killed.

But his method didn’t die with him. It became the foundation of medicine, law, and science.

It’s simple: Keep questioning until the truth has nowhere to hide.