Ramble on by Socrates

After reading the piece of the Phaedo I came to the conclusion that Socrates loves to talk about anything and everything. I thought about how philosophical thought really came into play during the Hellenistic era because they had "spare" time on their hands to think about abstract things. People in other civilizations mostly did not think about "petty' things such as "Am i water, air, number..." But they thought of more important things such as, "Where can i find my next meal, how should i take care of my family, What do I need to survive". People who think about philosophy usually are in a comfortable state of being meaning: They have food and water, they have a roof over their head, they went to schooling (college). Philosophy is a school of thought for people who have the spare time. If there was an apocalypse tomorrow and there were five people alive, they would not think things like, "What is logic? What is this or that?" They would want to survive and rebuild. Philosophy is for someone who has their necessities met (usually). Philosophical thought came into being because of the Greek civilization, where people could stand out on the street and ponder life's questions of the cosmos. However, in a place of survival, philosophical thought would be very scarce if not absent all together. In the Phaedo Socrates is saying these long paragraphs, and the rebuttal is, "Yes, certainly" (page 54 three lines under 81) or "Very likely" (Page 55) or "Yes I think so" (Page 52) .

Are they merely just agreeing with him to agree? Is Socrates that random guy on the corner speaking about random things. Or was he a guy who had enough (extra) time to speak of these abstract ideas. When push comes to shove, and you are trying to survive, the last thing on your mind is to ponder the cosmos, or what is the number 156 or "Am I real", one should be thinking of how to survive and to prosper, but once things have settled down hten you have the time to think of philosophy.