He was found guilty by a jury of corrupting the youth of Athens and of impiety and sentenced to death.
He was not forced to drink hemlock, he chose to as an alternative to having his throat cut by the public executioner and thrown into a garbage pit.
Socrates was the famous Greek philosopher who was forced to drink poison, specifically hemlock, as a result of his conviction for impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens.
Socrates did not kill himself. He was sentenced to death. He was forced to drink a Hemlock poison.
Socrates was forced to drink poison, hemlock, because he was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety towards the city's gods. He refused to flee the city or accept exile, choosing instead to abide by the decision of the court and uphold his principles of justice and obedience to the law.
Socrates drank hemlock, a highly poisonous plant that caused respiratory failure and ultimately led to his death.
Socrates did not write a suicide letter. He was technically executed by being forced to drink a cup of hemlock juice. Plato described the death. You can read about it onhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/socrates.htm
He was forced to drink hemlock.
It is a poisonous drink. Socrates was forced to kill him self by drinking it.
Socrates was the famous Greek philosopher who was forced to drink poison, specifically hemlock, as a result of his conviction for impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens.
Socrates did not kill himself. He was sentenced to death. He was forced to drink a Hemlock poison.
This was Socrates who was forced to take hemlock, a deadly poison.
Socrates was forced to drink poison, hemlock, because he was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety towards the city's gods. He refused to flee the city or accept exile, choosing instead to abide by the decision of the court and uphold his principles of justice and obedience to the law.
Socrates was given hemlock to drink.
After being convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens, Socrates was given the option of exile and leaving Athens forever, or drinking a brew of hemlock -- a plant containing a highly effective stimulant neurotoxin. Upon choosing the poison, his explanation was, "It is not that I love life less, but that I love Athens more."
Socrates drank hemlock, a highly poisonous plant that caused respiratory failure and ultimately led to his death.
Socrates did not write a suicide letter. He was technically executed by being forced to drink a cup of hemlock juice. Plato described the death. You can read about it onhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/socrates.htm
He was sentenced to death for disrespecting the gods and corrupting the youth. He was forced to drink a poison that paralyses the lungs.
The dialogue where Socrates famously discussed his decision to drink the poison hemlock is in "Phaedo" by Plato. The dialogue takes place on the day of Socrates' execution and explores his thoughts on the immortality of the soul and the meaning of life.