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A Brief Comment On The Query: "Is Socrates Guilty As Charged?"
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A Brief Comment on the Query: "Is Socrates Guilty As Charged?"
In any case of law, when one is considering truth and justice, one must
first look at the validity of the court and of the entity of authority itself.
In Socrates case, the situation is no different. O .... Middle of Essay
.... Socrates is charges with impiety, a person who does not believe in the
state gods of Athens and, not only that, but by its literal meaning, does not
believe in the authority of gods at all. To this, Socrates seems baffled. He
states that the reason behind the 'criminal meddling', the questioning of
people's wisdom, was commissioned to him by the gods through the Oracle of
Delphi. As Socrates said, "...but when god stationed me, as I supposed and
assumed, ordering me to live philosophizing and examining myself and
others...that my whole care is to commit no unjust or impious deed."2He even
seems to win a victory over one of his accusers, ....
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