... that only those who are wise should rule all of Athens. Indeed he taught his students to challenge the norms. However, the charge of corrupting the youth in my opinion was wrong. Socrates "students" are not his full responsibility. The dictatorship led by Alcibiades and Critias should not ... followed Socrates because they believed there was truth in his teachings, and therefore made the conscious choice to support dictatorship. Also, this charge of corrupting the youth should not be in question because of the general amnesty issued in 403, meaning Socrates should have acquitted all act...

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... telling the court that no one can legitimately prove that he has corrupted anyone. As Socrates continues to read through the accusation of him corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods in whom the city believes in but in other spiritual things, he starts to completely examine ... the accusation point by point. With the charge of corrupting the young, Socrates asks the court to tell everyone present who improves them. Socrates repeatedly questions Meletus if everyone present improves the young ... Meletus and shown the court that the grounds for accusations and convictions are ...

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... , 24a). The defense of the arguments that Socrates brought upon the jury described just how heroic he was. The first accusation that Meletus charged Socrates with was the crime of corrupting the youth. Socrates swiftly defended himself by saying to Meletus, "Either I corrupt the young or, if I do it is unwillingly, and you are lying in either case" (pg.29, 26a ... ). He then goes on to state that if he actually was corrupting the youth unintentionally, the law requires one to take you aside to tell you, not take you to court(pg.29, 26a). This demonstrates how brave Socrates was because ev...

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... maintain that consequences for one's own actions must be taken into consideration, many times in spite of their society persecuting them for their radical standpoints. Socrates suffered the consequences of "corrupting the youth" by an ancient Athenian court. As a brilliant philosopher hundreds of years ahead of his civilization who was seeking to define the nature of ethics by asking seemingly awkward ... a soldier when he implies that soldiers who do not think for themselves are already dead when they march toward enemy forces on the battlefield. Since the military work force mirrors t...

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... too must exists. It is accepted to be poor and give everything you have for nothing in return. By eliminating choice and offering a narrow structured path to follow, citizens are force to assimilate to the Athenian way. Aristophanes portrays Socrates in The Clouds to defy Greek gods and democracy. Socrarates clearly states to Strepsiades that "There is no Zeus." ... ; (Aristophanes, 27). Aristophanes stands against the "thinkery" or school of philosophy (London Athenian Society, 3), he believes it is dangerous and corrupting morals (London Athenian Society, 4). The school Socrates te...

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... the wiser person. As a result, he acquires much unpopularity and gets many slanders. Lastly, during the time at the trail, Socrates continually challenges Meletus who accuses Socrates as impiety and corrupting youth. Meletus is the representative of poets who believe Socrates is guilty as well as the representative of power. Socrates accuses Meletus "dealing frivolously with serious matters, of irresponsibly ... the people with wealth and power, he would not have been indicted and sentenced to death. Nearly the last part of Apology, Socrates begins to cast his words as a volatile force ...

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... say or do what ever their state and cities expect of them, never holding true to philosophy itself. This in essence is destroying philosophy. Next, he describes how educators are corrupting some of the potential philosophers of tomorrow, by teaching from their own heart rather than searching for the truth first. So when teachers (sophists) ideas become useless they threaten of ... diving in to the realm of philosophy. So philosophy loses her possible owners and is left incomplete. The ones who have no business claiming to philosophy go to her full force and dishonor her, once again addi...

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... determined to accept his unjust fate with dignity. He might have wanted to prove his innocence to his fellow citizens of Athens with his own death. He was charged with corrupting the youth and put to death by drinking Hemloc. Socrates trial is the product of direct democracy. Socrates was against direct democracy and was in search of the ideal city ... going the same way as the unjust man out of a desire to get the better; this is what any nature naturally pursues as good, while it is law which by force perverts it to honor equality." He believes that anyone will be unjust, given the op...

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... By the Gods Though it would be quite simple to read Plato's The Last Days of Socrates and immediately render Socrates" so-called "divine mission" to attain death as a destructive force, a closer assessment of Plato's work reveals that Socrates" life was not lost in vain after all. "Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have ... no heed of the death that will shortly ensue as a result. As Socrates continues to pursue his "divine mission", we are confronted with what the Athenians regard as a serious crime, "corrupting the young men of the city" (Euthyphro, 3...

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