impeity (not believing in Gods) and corruption of youth
Meletus charged Socrates with corrupting the youth of Athens and with impiety for not believing in the city's gods.
The charge brought against Socrates was impiety (not believing in the gods of the state) and corrupting the youth of Athens.
Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon were the three accusers who brought charges against Socrates.
Socrates did not kill himself; he was sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock as punishment for corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety towards the gods. Socrates had the opportunity to escape but chose to accept the verdict, as he believed in upholding the laws of the city.
The prosecutor of Socrates was Meletus, a young poet who accused Socrates of corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety towards the city's gods during his trial in 399 BC.
Yes, Socrates is against relativism. He believed in objective truth and that knowledge and virtue are universal concepts that exist independently of individual perspectives or beliefs. Socrates argued that objective standards should be applied to ethics and morality, rather than subjective opinions.
The charge brought against Socrates was impiety (not believing in the gods of the state) and corrupting the youth of Athens.
Probably because he was "accused" of being an atheist (in Socrates' time it was capital offence to be an atheist).
Essentially, he outsmarted his persecutor who accused him of being an atheist and, later, accused him of believing in foreign gods - Socrates pointed out that this was a contradiction.
Socrates was thought to be a strong proponent of rationalism.
Socrates
Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon were the three accusers who brought charges against Socrates.
Socrates did not kill himself; he was sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock as punishment for corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety towards the gods. Socrates had the opportunity to escape but chose to accept the verdict, as he believed in upholding the laws of the city.
Socrates examines his ideas against Crito's ideas by a method called dialectic.
He reminds those who have accused him that he is virtuous.
impeity (not believing in Gods) and corruption of youth
Socrates says that he is a constant reminder of the non-virtuous actions of his accusers.
Yes, Of course.