"socrates"

[Age]

"Why was Socrates killed?

Socrates, the greatest philosopher of all time, was actually the most hated man in Athens.

He was accused of cruelty and corruption of youth.
The popular court, the Eliea, condemned him to death: and Socrates, one of the most brilliant minds in history, died drinking hemlock.

But why all this?

Socrates apparently wasn't doing anything dangerous.
He simply asked questions, spoke to anyone: with nobles, with common citizens, with young people.

But his questions, in their frankness, in their simplicity demolished the certainties of his interlocutors, forcing them to confront the emptiness of their own certainties, with the incoherence of their reasoning.

He taught us to doubt.

Socrates was a character who was too uncomfortable with the doubts he inculcated.
He had the audacity to expose corrupt politicians and false teachers who advocated false truths and false knowledge.

For this he was sentenced to death. He was a threat to the status quo, a danger that needed to be eliminated.
During the trial, Socrates did not want to repent or beg for mercy.

He also refused to be assisted by a speaker.
Intelligence is inconvenient, this is what the trial against Socrates teaches us.

The masses want illusions and not truths; they want to be flattered and live happily in ignorance.
Smart men are embarrassing.

They are prohibited, ostracized, despised, because they disturb the sleep of the masses, question authority, reveal the deceptions of the institutions.

[Copied]

[FlashDangerpants]

Don't even bother comparing yourself to Socrates.

[Age]

Don't even bother comparing yourself to Socrates.

LOL "flashdangerpants"

[puto]

All you have to do is read the Republic by Plato.

[FlashDangerpants]

All you have to do is read the Republic by Plato.

Just watch Bill and Ted

[Impenitent]

All you have to do is read the Republic by Plato.

Just watch Bill and Ted

all we are is dust in the wind - dude

-Imp

[Atla]

Back in the days, people couldn't face the TRUTH. And the TRUTH is that the word 'second' is missing from the text at a crucial part.

[Iwannaplato]

Back in the days, people couldn't face the TRUTH. And the TRUTH is that the word 'second' is missing from the text at a crucial part.

Back in the days we also had sentences like this one

Socrates was a character who was too uncomfortable with the doubts he inculcated.

Was he really? He seemed pretty comfortable, from what we know.
What's odd is how many places that text is found on the internet. All of them with that odd sentence. All of them not especially well written sketches.

[puto]

Just a question? Do you know how Socrates felt about religion, seriously?

[Fairy]

"Why was Socrates killed?

Socrates, the greatest philosopher of all time, was actually the most hated man in Athens.

He was accused of cruelty and corruption of youth.
The popular court, the Eliea, condemned him to death: and Socrates, one of the most brilliant minds in history, died drinking hemlock.

But why all this?

Socrates apparently wasn't doing anything dangerous.
He simply asked questions, spoke to anyone: with nobles, with common citizens, with young people.

But his questions, in their frankness, in their simplicity demolished the certainties of his interlocutors, forcing them to confront the emptiness of their own certainties, with the incoherence of their reasoning.

He taught us to doubt.

Socrates was a character who was too uncomfortable with the doubts he inculcated.
He had the audacity to expose corrupt politicians and false teachers who advocated false truths and false knowledge.

For this he was sentenced to death. He was a threat to the status quo, a danger that needed to be eliminated.
During the trial, Socrates did not want to repent or beg for mercy.

He also refused to be assisted by a speaker.
Intelligence is inconvenient, this is what the trial against Socrates teaches us.

The masses want illusions and not truths; they want to be flattered and live happily in ignorance.
Smart men are embarrassing.

They are prohibited, ostracized, despised, because they disturb the sleep of the masses, question authority, reveal the deceptions of the institutions.

[Copied]

Socrates did not resist his sentence to death by poisoning. He sacrificed himself preferring to commit suicide instead of running away and live in obscurity from then on.

FOR HIM, THAT WAS A WAY OF CONTINUE LIVING IN THE MINDS OF HIS WELL WISHERS, FOLLOWERS AND THERE AFTER.

Socrates had awakened to the truth of reality just like many of us do - that’s why he had to die - because the TRUTH does not want to be heard.
It is a danger and threat to the delusional LIE 99% of humanity lives by, unknowingly.

[Age]

Just a question? Do you know how Socrates felt about religion, seriously?

Are you asking any one in particular your question here?

[puto]

"I do not know Socrates."

[Fairy]

All you have to do is read the Republic by Plato.

Just watch Bill and Ted

all we are is dust in the wind - dude

-Imp

More like brain farts in the wind.

[Walker]

"I do not know Socrates."

He famously said, I drank what?

[Fairy]

"I do not know Socrates."

He famously said, I drank what?

No one said that.