Socrates and Protagoras

I think that the reason Socrates and Protagoras started questioning the government at this time was because they had just lost their leader to a plague and who led them into a battle the they didn't win. After they just lost the war in the worst way possible people started to question if the gods were even helping them. Protagoras questioned the existence of traditional Greek gods. He probably thought that if the gods were actually real then they would help protect Athens, when instead they let it become a wasteland. Socrates encouraged Greeks to think about their moral character. I think that he did this because of the war and plague that just hit Athens. Athens kind of turned into a crime ridden city because the Athenians thought that the good and bad both can get this disease so they might, so they might as well be bad. If they listen to Socrates and helped each other out instead of stealing from each other, then maybe less citizens of Athens would have died. I think that the war, plague, and new people trying to take over Athens were the events that caused philosophers like Socrates and Protagoras to question traditional Greek beliefs. That's all for today.