... 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 questions, Socrates' quest exposed the ignorance of those who believed themselves to be wise, with one of the most documented incidences being ... we, Madame, perpetually in fear and humiliated; we, proscribed by all honest folk, condemned by every law, should we be the exponents of doctrines which can only whet the sword blade...

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