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A 5 page paper which examines the famous trial of Socrates, based primarily upon I.F. Stone’s text, “The Trial of Socrates.” Specifically considered are the reasons behind the trial, which may differ from the classical view presented by Plato in “Apology,” and ways in which Socrates might have won an acquittal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Socrates was the most famous man in Athens, known for his eccentric behavior of questioning everyone about everything and for his ascetic lifestyle. He left his wife and
children to live as a virtual hermit, devoting all of his energies to philosophical inquiry. At the age of 70, three young men, Meletus, Anytus and Lycon, brought charges
against Socrates, which described him as an "evildoer," a corruptor of youth, and for blaspheming the Athenian gods and goddesses by creating new gods of his own. The evil
of Socrates was never clearly defined, and to the corruption of Athenian youth, Socrates offered this response, according to Platos Apology, "Young men of the richer classes, who have not
much to do, come about me of their own accord; they like to hear the pretenders examined, and they often imitate me, and examine others themselves; there are plenty of
persons, as they soon enough discover, who think that they know something, but really know little or nothing: and then those who are examined by them instead of being angry
with themselves are angry with me" (23b-c). In other words, Socrates maintained that his relentless interrogations revealed something they found personally threatening. Instead of turning the anger they
felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapegoat. As for the charge of atheism, Socrates countered, "I believe that to this day no greater good
has ever happened in the state than my service to the God. For I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take
thought for your persons and your properties, but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by
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