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A 7 page research paper that examines Stone's text The Trial of Socrates. In this book, Stone's central question is why did the city of Athens, a city famous for free speech, prosecute and execute a prominent philosopher who was guilty of no other crime then exercising his right to free speech. Stone's answer differs from traditional scholarship. The writer examines Stone's arguments and then discusses them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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several millennia. The central question to his text is why did the city of Athens, a city famous for free speech, prosecute and execute a prominent philosopher who was guilty
of no other crime then exercising his right to free speech. In do so, Stone brings up a plethora of questions. For instance, why prosecute Socrates in 399 B.C. when
the old man was saying nothing new? Why did he not defend himself better, or slip away to exile? The answers that Stone comes up with are due to
his extensive research on this topic. Stone begins his text by pointing out that is actually very little known about the "historical" Socrates, since there are no writings that
can be attributed to Socrates. What historians do have are the writings of two of his many disciples, Plato and Xenophon (Stone 3). The way that Socrates is perceived today
is, Stone argues, due entirely to Plato. However, it is impossible to tell where reality ends and Platos creative genius begins. Stone used original sources, in ancient Greek, to find
his answers - Platos Dialogues, Xenohons Memorabilia, Aristophanes Clouds, Plutarch, virtually every ancient document existent that refers to Socrates. The official story of Socrates is relatively simple. Plato records that
after a lifetime devoted to the pursuit of truth and virtue, Socrates, at age 70, was put on trial in Athens and charged with dishonoring the gods and corrupting the
youth of the city. Socrates made an eloquent defense, but was, nevertheless, found guilty and condemned to die. Despite the fact that his disciples urged him to escape into exile,
Socrates refused and carried out the verdict of the court by drinking a cup of hemlock, a natural poison. Accounts by both Plato and Xenophon posit that the Athenians
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