SOCRATES ON SELF-CONFIDENCE
After I watched the video, there are so many things that I learned and mademe realized that I should stand by my beliefs. The video showed that Socrates is a man of freedom and hungry for information that made him questioned people in Athens and wanted to know how people think and what are their beliefs. Socrates said that most of the people follow the majority's decisions or opinions or people who are in higher position of the influential ones because people thought they have the brilliant minds to produce brilliant ideas. He thought that we should all reflect on our lives and that we are all capable of doing something worthy to stand up for. I thought, maybe Socrates was right. We should not be afraid to stand and deliver our thoughts and ideas. Socrates wants us to have the self-confidence with the beliefs that we live in. It was also shown in the video that the host asked the passers-by the questions, "What is justice?" or "What is self-control?" (just like what Socrates did), for me, asking makes you more informed and it will help you to determine what is wrong or right or maybe what is true or false. We should respect the beliefs of others and don't force them to follow your ideas just because you think you're right. We should be open-minded with other people's ideas. I also learned some steps on how to determine if our beliefs is worth standing for: look for statements that most people would describe a normal old common sense, find an exception to it then if you find it, it may be false or imprecise then continue to find exceptions until you prove that your belief is true. Philosophy will indeed help me to live and to be informed with great ideas and lessons from other people and their experiences.
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Try to read this short story about self-confidence. Worth of your time: Self-Confidence: The Painter And His Son
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