Sorry, I typed some words but in the end found I can't do it better than GPT and decide not to post them. The quoted comment describes a fact that various other philosophers raised different views.

Most of the arguments can be seen as overthinking. This is how we make our life worse.

Being noble, wise and virtuous didn't mean that much alienation from the general population in his era, methinks.

Of course, some will try to argue by twisting these concepts into some modern hedonistic feelsgood version not even fit as a parody.

> Being noble, wise and virtuous didn't mean that much alienation from the general population in his era, methinks.

Ever heard of how Socrates died? haha

One interpretation was that he choose his death wisely. He was old and tired and wanted to go a with a splash. In his society, legacy mattered a lot. If that's the case, he did fine.

"from the general population"

He was accused by poets and politicians, not the common man. Most probably because he rubbed some powerful people in the wrong way; the modern consensus makes a believable point about it being political, Socrates not being a democracy fanboy and all.

> "A good thing fulfils its unique function" [...] seems timeless to me

On the contrary, I think we've learned something since about the importance of distinguishing "good" from "effective".