However, both the Supreme Court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals believed that the Churchill case nevertheless had quite a bit to do with the merits of Jeffries' lawsuit. This conclusion turned out to be most unfortunate for Professor Jeffries. Socrates, semi-mythical instructor of ancient Athens, taught that confusion was the beginning of wisdom and that the first role of the teacher was to shatter the preconceptions and received views that impeded real thought. Socrates was disruption incarnate. I don't think Socrates would approve, although I feel sure he would not be surprised.
Thoughtful writing is worth a second reading.