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 and influence? For instance, Socrates lived after Atehns had been defeated by the Spartans. In a war, once poeple have been killed, does the society welcome public thinking about the assumptions that led to war