2 ms·

Socrates was nothing like what is being talked. He was wealthy, he participated in society, he even went to war.

• dredmorbius 5y ago
  Socrates was a stonemason --- effectively a skilled labourer or tradesman, but not wealthy. He was a footsoldier. In a culture where most were slaves, he was a citizen, but not a member of the aristocracy (notably contrasting with Plato). His long-suffering wife Xanthippe complained of his failure to provide for the family, and Socrates lived simply. Socrates as a citizen was likely the third of Athens' four classes: slaves, metics, citizens, nobles. Not destitute, but neither wealthy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/ https://iep.utm.edu/socrates/#H1 https://iep.utm.edu/socrates/#H1