Why didn't Socrates write anything?

In a nutshell, nobody knows for sure. We can make educated guesses, based on what we believe about the culture and customs of ancient Greece. Socrates' students. read more

Socrates didn't write things down as he thought that writing would make people lazy. If you wrote things down you wouldn't have to remember them, making argument impossible as you wouldn't remember all of the citations you'd use for your premise. read more

After all, he was supposed to be so intelligent and wise. read more

As explained earlier, he wasn’t a very rich man. Socrates taught that people should focus their lives on self-development and gaining knowledge. An ideal life to Socrates was one that was an ongoing search for the good. This ideal would follow him into death. Trial and Death . Socrates was found guilty of corrupting the minds of the youth in Athens. read more