Socrates gave method of dialectics to develop a spirit of inquiry said not enough to know what constitutes life but more imp to understand what constitutes good life an unexamined life is not worth living theory of knowledge which said there is distinction b/w real knowledge and illusion of knowledge. Acc to him source of real knowledge is our soul. It can be gained not just be experience but by logical reasoning which he calls as dialectics. Knowledge is the source of good life. knowledge becomes virtue only when applied. Use knowledge to challenge social norms and customs (e.g. RRM Roy, IC Vijayanagar) PLATO: Introduction: father of political philosophy, the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. Book- the republic: concerning justice context: wanted to find the reasons for the loss of Athens to Sparta in the Peloponnesian war. Why Athens lost to Sparta in the Peloponnesian war: Athens was democratic (hence Plato opposed to democracy) while Sparta was...