The quest, in the classical era of modern notions of the word, signified a maturity or notions of learning where at the beginning it did not there was nothing known. The quest, in its very nature, is a search for an answer, for an artifact of power and wealth or perhaps even peace; in the Platonic dialogues, they play a crucial role in the Apology of Socrates and Crito. The apology during the trial and death of Socrates is an example of a quest or journey motif applied, whether or not the preferred word is quest or journey is left to you who read this. In his apology, Plato is accused of corrupting the youth of Athens and of atheism. To elaborate on these, they are one and the same, just as Socrates claims to have corrupted the minds of youth with atheistic ideals that he himself supposedly held. an interpretation of the Oracle of Delphi. The function of the quest in the Apology as in other Platonic dialogues is the discovery of an enlightened truth initially unknown or of a convoluted nature. At the start of Socrates' quest, it is at the oracle of Delphi that his friend Chaerephon asks if there was anyone wiser than Socrates, the oracle replies that the gods have found none wiser than Socrates and according to him, it is not in the nature of the gods to lie about such matters. So he begins to take this as a riddle: “How can a man who knows nothing be the wisest of all men? In one sentence, Socrates' journey leading to his condemnation and death is the answer to the divine paradox interpreted from the oracle. Like the questions asked by Socrates to those he considered pretentious, that is, they never understood the nature of their work or their existence, the craftsmen, the politicians and the poet. ..... middle of paper ......f we corrupt, that an unjust action harms and a just action benefits? Or do we think that whatever part of us is concerned with justice and injustice is inferior to the body. » In this statement he explains his position on the good of the state. In conclusion, the motive of the quest is simply a mode of transmitting the lessons of thought shown and illustrated by Socrates, a man whose school of thought still persists today, and how they can show us new ways of seeing a black and white argument and how big is the gray part and how to distinguish the important points in a confusing world. I suppose that, by a simple analogy, the function of the motif of quest or journey is indeed to reveal a truth or an unknown element, at least in the Platonic dialogues. , translated by GMA Grube, edited by John M. Cooper.