Socrates believes that human excellence is achieved when one uses his or her potential to the fullest. He refers to this concept as being one’s telos. Telos is the idea that a human being has the ability to do a particular activity. When the activity is performed well and perfected by the person then the person is said to have achieved human excellence. Socrates uses the horse trainer as an example of telos. The …showed first 75 words of 418 total…

…showed last 75 words of 418 total…seems extreme but in Socrates opinion it is what the gods planned for him and what they wanted. Socrates does not blame the judges for wanting to kill him because he knows it is the gods doing. He believes that whatever end the gods choose for him is for the best. The gods are unable to create anything evil because they are perfect, which means that evil can never happen to anyone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** none