Arete simply means excellence of any kind, the word came from the Ancient Greeks. Socrates displayed artete by standing up to what he thought was right. Also when he had the chance to say i am sorry to the court and admit that he will never do it again he didn't by standing for what he believed in. After that Socrates students wanted to bust Socrates out of jail and had a perfect chance to but he denied it. Instead he drank the hemlock which put him through suffering until he died. I think what Socrates did really displayed the true meaning of artete.
Good work, Andy. I do recommend proofreading your essays before you submit them, just to catch the obvious errors. 22/25 (B+).
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