Is Socrates Alive Today?

        The answer is yes, he is frozen somewhere at CIA headquarters. Not really, but the question I have is if Socratic wisdom is used today? I would say it is a rarity to find it, if it is even out there (though I do think it is out there, somewhere). I feel that we are all becoming experts. I'm studying to become an expert in engineering, a classmates to be an expert in all things musical, etc. Granted, no one can be a complete expert in a specific field (engineering for instance, will encounter new ways of building things smaller or bigger, using new material) and everyone must be open to learning these new things. However, we focus primarily on our fields of study rather than contemplating knowledge as a whole. So I ask, where are the philosophers?

        Dr. Mashburn taught us in Philosophy 101 that there starts to become a decline in people who seek to be knowledgeable in all fields. Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, a mathematician, a scientist, etc. Instead, a person will study in one department, and if they need help they go to a person who studied in the field that they need help in. Though there are those who are talented in many fields, they still focus on one thing in particular that they enjoy (or are just better at doing). I mean, how many of you have just sat around and contemplated what knowledge, truth, or justice actually is? I know, though I enjoy conversations of this, I feel them to be a waste of time because it is a subject I might never have an answer to, I could be doing something more productive like…study math? Also, time is a huge factor. We live twice as long as the expected age of Socrates at his time, yet we are always so rushed. I must finish my schooling in 5 years (for engineers are usually senior plus students) that way I can start the rest of my life…of working and going to school to get a masters degree or a Ph.D. etc. What would a solution be than, to regain Socratic wisdom? More time? Better questions? Seeking a broader range of knowledge? That, I do not know.