Essay 1

My original definition for the word arete is to use your gifts to the best of your ability. This is some one who takes everything that god has given to them and uses it to be the best person they can be. They did this by taking over there government and making a new one from what the people had to say. I think that Socrates shows this very well. He shows this so well because he used his skills and created a theory. When he created this theory very one thought he was wrong and that he messed up young peoples thinking. When the town found out they said he could either say he was sorry for messing with ever one's heads or die.He did not want to apoligize because he knew he was right so he died and the town came to find out later that he was right.This shows arete because he used his gifts to make  theory that he know was right and he died for it.