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"socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:01 am
by 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.
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Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:02 am
by FlashDangerpants
Don't even bother comparing yourself to Socrates.
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:15 am
by Age
FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:02 am
Don't even bother comparing yourself to Socrates.
LOL "flashdangerpants"
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:36 am
by puto
All you have to do is read the Republic by Plato.
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:10 pm
by FlashDangerpants
puto wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:36 am
All you have to do is read the
Republic by Plato.
Just watch Bill and Ted
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:58 pm
by Impenitent
FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:10 pm
puto wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:36 am
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
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:24 pm
by 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.
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:30 pm
by Iwannaplato
Atla wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:24 pm
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.
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 8:58 am
by puto
Just a question? Do you know how Socrates felt about religion, seriously?
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:42 am
by Fairy
Age wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:01 am
"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.
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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.
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:17 am
by Age
puto wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 8:58 am
Just a question? Do you know how Socrates felt about religion, seriously?
Are you asking any one in particular your question here?
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:18 am
by puto
"I do not know Socrates."
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 2:49 pm
by Fairy
Impenitent wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:58 pm
FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:10 pm
puto wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:36 am
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.
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 3:02 pm
by Walker
puto wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:18 am
"I do not know Socrates."
He famously said, I drank what?
Re: "socrates"
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 4:16 pm
by Fairy
Walker wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 3:02 pm
puto wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:18 am
"I do not know Socrates."
He famously said, I drank what?
No one said that.