Do you think someone like Socrates exists in our modern world?

Question

...or anyone like the very well known ones.

Answer 1

People in power get there by being half honest at best. The person you are looking for is a voice crying in the wilderness. The media wouldn't report it. That person lives totally by principle with only necessities and tells it like it is, but the establishment does everything to hush up that person's words and make them look crazy. They are out there, the salt of the earth, and the meek ones that will inherit the earth, sooner than later given the time we're in.

Answer 2

They are out there, they just go unreported! I believe, however, that the "modern world" is not in balance as it was back then. There was not much to do other than use their brain. In today's society, though not all but most, we have computers to do every thing for us.
Socrates exists in all of us, but where it exists we have yet to discover.

Answer 3

Thinking formal operation cognitive, stage four.

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/piaget.html

Formal operational stage (Adolescence and adulthood). In this stage, intelligence is demonstrated through the logical use of symbols related to abstract concepts. Early in the period there is a return to egocentric thought. Only 35% of high school graduates in industrialized countries obtain formal operations; many people do not think formally during adulthood.

Answer 4

Yes he is Al Gore. He is called a terrorist for wanting to save the planet. He is castigated for caring about the future of the world. He is right, but people on the right do not like him thus they make him into a pariah.

Answer 5

They are out there, it is hard to see because prophecy and vision are hard to see when you are standing beside the person... it is easier to look back in time and see who they were. That is kind of sad actually.

Answer 6

maybe

...that's it :D