Last episode, we talked about the wars between Sparta and Athens, the Peloponnesian wars. We also mentioned how Sparta eventually defeated Athens, tore down the long walls, and installed a puppet government called ‘the 30.’ Sparta defeated Athens in 404 BC. As the battles between Athens and Sparta were going on, oddly enough, some very important philosophical questions were being asked; questions that philosophers and theologians are still talking about to this day. The enigmatic man asking these questions was named Socrates, and though he himself wrote nothing of his own words, it’s quite possible that the only single person who wasn’t a writer himself who was more influential in western history than Socrates – was Jesus.
