Post by valeriedelvalle on Apr 26, 2015 21:27:39 GMT
Socrates lived in Greece from 469 B.C. to 399 B.C., he was very curious about many things and so he spent his life pursuing knowledge. Socrates helped youth to discover the truth to concepts, such as: piety, justice, and morality.
Socrates had also been known to question men who had a reputation of wisdom, and came to see that he was wiser than they, because unlike them he did not claim to know what he did not know and they didn’t like being questioned. Socrates stood by his set of principles ,when, put on trial on a charge of denying the existence of the Gods and corrupting the youth of Athens, he refused to renounce his way of life. The jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death by drinking a liquid that contained hemlock, but then changed their mind and told Socrates that he was free to go. Socrates couldn’t go against his own set of principles, he felt as though he would be breaking the law, he told them that he wanted to die because he felt as though it was his time to go.
There were many opinions to why Socrates had to die. Some believed that it was a matter of free speech. Socrates voiced his criticism towards the government especially in one instance when they had stated, “smart people should make the decisions for everyone.” He might have been tried, convicted and executed because of his beliefs and the other charges for corrupting the youth of Athens might have been a cover for the real reason.
Sources:
(The Life of Socrates, 2012), How Socrates Died Walnut: MSAC Philosophy group, 2015 print
Socrates had also been known to question men who had a reputation of wisdom, and came to see that he was wiser than they, because unlike them he did not claim to know what he did not know and they didn’t like being questioned. Socrates stood by his set of principles ,when, put on trial on a charge of denying the existence of the Gods and corrupting the youth of Athens, he refused to renounce his way of life. The jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death by drinking a liquid that contained hemlock, but then changed their mind and told Socrates that he was free to go. Socrates couldn’t go against his own set of principles, he felt as though he would be breaking the law, he told them that he wanted to die because he felt as though it was his time to go.
There were many opinions to why Socrates had to die. Some believed that it was a matter of free speech. Socrates voiced his criticism towards the government especially in one instance when they had stated, “smart people should make the decisions for everyone.” He might have been tried, convicted and executed because of his beliefs and the other charges for corrupting the youth of Athens might have been a cover for the real reason.
Sources:
(The Life of Socrates, 2012), How Socrates Died Walnut: MSAC Philosophy group, 2015 print