Socrates never sought an active political career, as he declares in the Apology, a dramatic dialogue by his disciple, Plato, who is our main source of information about him.

• 苏格拉底从不热中于政治，对于这一点，他的学生柏拉图在所撰的戏剧对话体《申辩》一书中作了表白。 柏拉图是我们了解苏格拉底的主要信息来源。