Essay 1

The Greeks used the word arete a lot. The word arete means a person that has character or in another word it means excellence. Socrates and the ancient Greeks showed this a lot in ancient Greek. He showed this because he wanted people to have morals (doing the right thing). Socrates also showed this because he was willing to stand up for what he thought was right (Socratic Method) and took the consequences for it. That is showing character because it means doing the right thing and that was what Socrates was doing. So because of that he was forced to drink the Hemlock and died very quickly and painful. So this was how Socrates was able to show arete.