It is self-evident that pre-Socratic thinkers were more concerned with metaphysical regularities in philosophy rather than human nature itself. It was Socrates who first established the concepts of moral philosophy, regardless of his criticism which was still inspired by the Sophists and their focus on abstract themes such as virtue, courage, and above all the elicit truth – rather than the physical world and material.
Most of his works and dialectical methods evolved around ethics and moral philosophy where he set out to question the conventional beliefs of Athenians while himself professing as holding no opinions on the matter. Although, his questions would often lead them to the conclusions that symbolized his own knowledge of the matter and led the discussion to a conclusion of moral significance and behavior one should ascertain for a ‘good life’, which later introduced itself as the concept of eudemonia.
