Socrates was idolized by young Athenians, which will come back to haunt him and evetually be a reason for his death. “He was not interested in arguing for the sake of arguing, he wanted to discover something important, namely, the essential nature of knowledge, justice, beauty, goodness and especially traits of good character such as courage.”, Philosophy The Power o

In my mind Socrates was a great teacher and a honest man. He stood behind what he believed in, which is very hard to do. His beliefs even costed him his life. I know from experience that standing up for what you believe in is not an easy thing. For him to accept being put to death is something I don’t know if I could do.

It is hard to say how the world today would accept a man like Socrates. I would hope people would listen to what he had to say and then think about it, but in todays world I would be surprised if Socates would be a popular figure. I think people would probably think he was crazy.

by two different people. Anytus charged him with studing things above the sky and below the earth; dereliction and that he madethe weaker arguement look stronger. Meletus charged him with disbelieving in the gods and corupting the youth. He responded to these charges by saying he was doing it because he believes in the gods, if he did corupt the youth it was by accedent and it was not a crime and he did not want to corrupt the youth for fear that they might turn on him.

The way Plato writes of a man willing to face death rather than abandoning his belief sophical inquiry shows Socrates as a model for all. Few of us are presented with the same stark choice between what we belive to be true

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