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His influence has ben small, other than as an object lesson of a man devoting himself to bettering his people by example and getting them to think straight - with no thought of self-aggrandisement, self-interest and self-enrichment.

Now, as then, few people take any notice of his central message, which was to think rationally, logically and sensibly. Today, as in his day, most people are still part of the herd in unthinkingly and uncritically following leaders, 'beliefs', politics, religion, 'good' causes, etc. No Socrates there - but rather the very antithesis of his teaching - blindly following the mob like cattle without thinking it through for themselves.

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