While Siddhartha sat beneath the Bhodi tree preaching the Dharma, Socrates could have been found on the other side of the deer park, at the crest of a hill. In his hand, he held a garden hose, with which he wetted the slope until the grass and mud were slick and impossible to climb. Those who lost their way to the Bhodi tree sermon came across Socrates, looking in every way to be as learned a man, and asked him questions about truth, justice and the human condition. Whereas the Buddha preached, Socrates asked each man in turn what they believed to be true. As each man attempted to articulate his feelings, rather than guide the debate, Socrates would casually step behind them--perhaps humming a little ditty--and give them a right nudge, sending the men unwantingly down that slippery-ass-slope and crowing in victory as he watched them wipe the mud from their clothing, dejected, and in a worse place than they had started.