1st Essay

Arete is a virtue that basically means excellence and being a strong person. I think that it means you give your full potential. Socrates demonstrated arete. Socrates was excellent and the best he could be when it went to his method of teaching and thinking. The Socratic Method changed the way a lot of ancient Greeks thought. It encouraged people to think differently, to ask questions and come to a conclusion.  Socrates was arete when he was accused of disrupting the children’s learning in ancient Greece. He drank the poison that killed him with strength. Arete is something we should all try to be.