City of God Against the Pagans

Honestly, I don't think I can answer your questions here simply because my knowledge and memory of Socratic philosophy and the Platonic readings we did freshmen year at St. John's are vague. thus, I'm inclined to trust Augustine on his assertions about Socrates but that's because I don't remember it myself... maybe we can look into it. unless someone else has a vivid recollection of Socratic philosophy, etc.