The philosophy is more about the right questions rather than right answers. Which is why it is labelled as a subject for rich or lazy.
Socrates lived a long life considering the era he was living in, and he did influence a lot of people who were either his students or the fellow citizens from a closed successful/ambitious group. His students build him a pedestal which immortalized him but his philosophy is not an answer for everyone. Of course people from all walks of life fall into a type of philosophical bucket knowingly or unknowingly but then it is more of a way of life which the modern philosophers try to templatize.
And often the most important part of all philosophies is debate which is mostly not a constructive discussion but more of a one-upmanship.
So, in this book the writer shares a lot of what is said and written about Socrates along with her personal experiences and views but by the end of the book it looks like you don't really get much of this. Maybe it requires a re-read but that is to be seen.
Philosophy is not what we read in the books but it is something that people live by.
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