However, he liked to help others and to discuss questions with the ordinary people who raised different kinds of issues through what his student Plato and admirer Xenophon recorded.

• 直到狱卒端了一杯毒汁进来，他才收住“话匣子”，接过杯子，一饮而尽。之后，他躺下来，微笑着对前来告别的朋友说，他曾吃过邻人的一只鸡，还没给钱，请替他偿还。