Socrates ‘called philosophy down from the sky and established her in the towns and introduced her into homes and forced her to investigate life, ethics, good and evil.’ But Socrates differed from the Sophists in one significant way. He did not consider himself to be a ‘sophist’ – that is, a learned or wise person. Unlike the Sophists, he did not teach for money. No, Socrates called himself a philosopher in the true sense of the word. A ‘philosopher’ really means ‘one who loves wisdom.’
