Socrates was near the end of his life when executed. He knew that in his death he could accomplish more than what he could in exile. Socrates was in prison for awhile, and had friends whom had a plot to get him escaped. He denied it, because he was put in there because of the law and even though the law may be wrong he still had to obey it. Therefore, he did not try to defy them and escape.
Socrates was the mentor of many students also was sentence to death for rebelling against the state. however to avoid the sentence of death he drank poison to carry out the sentence
Socrates demonstrates that he is the master of his destiny by drinking the hemlock himself. This made his death a voluntary action rather than a sentence that was carried out.
When he is found guilty by the jury, Meletus supports sentencing Socrates to death. It is in response to this recommendation that Socrates argues that, since he was in fact assisting in the upbringing of the youth of Athens, he should be given a fine, which he could pay with the help of his friends.
It was his faithful pupil Plato who was at Socrates s funeral.
They were angry when Socrates called himself a benefactor.
One of the accusations leveled against Socrates in his trial is that he was an atheist because he did not accept the gods of the state. Socrates directly addresses this charge in his apology, since it was the most serious and the one that can lead to a death sentence. Socrates argues that he in fact does accept the existence of the Gods, Zeus included. However he rejected the stories that the State propagated about the Gods. So arguably he worshipped Zeus or else he the state would have sentenced him to death. On the other hand, you can say that he worshipped Zeus to his own personal limits.
The Death of Socrates was created in 1787.
Socrates was the mentor of many students also was sentence to death for rebelling against the state. however to avoid the sentence of death he drank poison to carry out the sentence
Socrates demonstrates that he is the master of his destiny by drinking the hemlock himself. This made his death a voluntary action rather than a sentence that was carried out.
Following the trial of Socrates, the jury is said to have condemned Socrates to death by poison. Socrates, however, may have had the chance to flee this fate, by escaping out of Athens and living the remainder of his life as an exile. The Crito, is an explanation of the philosophical reasoning as to why Socrates chose to remain in Athens and face his death sentence rather than abandon his philosophical positions.
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Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
Socrates was tried for expressing thoughts the rulers considered to be radical and debased. This was not unusual, but what made Socrates stand out is that instead or asking for mercy and accepting banishment, he chose a death sentence, which he accomplished by drinking hemlock.
When he is found guilty by the jury, Meletus supports sentencing Socrates to death. It is in response to this recommendation that Socrates argues that, since he was in fact assisting in the upbringing of the youth of Athens, he should be given a fine, which he could pay with the help of his friends.
It was his faithful pupil Plato who was at Socrates s funeral.
They were angry when Socrates called himself a benefactor.