This paper
examines how the dialogues of Aristophanes' "Clouds", "The Apology" and "The Republic", demonstrate how one can
get closer to Socrates' real essence. It looks at how Socrates lived and died according to his values and moral beliefs and even though he knew he had been unjustly accused and convicted, he was willing to die because the state court was the law and the law of the land must be upheld. It
examines how his life had been spent teaching that all men were innately good and must continue to be good even when the forces of evil were against them. It shows how Socrates was the first philosopher to make a clear distinction between body and soul and how his examination of such moral
ideas as piety and courage represent knowledge of moral ideas that are necessary to act morally.