<<It wasn't long before he uncovered how little everyone else actually knew, but what separated Socrates was his honesty <<The esteemed philosopher was sentence

<<It wasn't long before he uncovered how little everyone else actually knew, but what separated Socrates was his honesty <<The esteemed philosopher was sentenced to death because he was deliberately annoying people - like a fly - with badgering questions that would force the questionee into a corner. The two are not mutually exclusive.