Socrates was executed for thinking and questioning certain assumptions. Why does this type of thinking disturb people? Provide some examples from your own experience. What does this tell us about thinking today? What are some impediments to our thinking today? Are economic and political factors an influence? For instance, Socrates lived after Athens had been defeated by the Spartans. In a war, once people have been killed, does the society welcome public thinking about the assumptions that led to the war?