Socrates, Anaxagoras and the Natural Philosophers

Socrates seems to have been impressed by the natural philosopher's commitment to getting at the truth. He gets an access to the depths of reality and what is he saying that provokes awe, that provokes wonder? It helps him to make the most sense of things. So here you have truth, but no relevance. The truths that are discovered are not axistentially relevant they don't matter. They don't enable the cultivation of wisdom, the transformation and transcendence of the self.