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the Gadfly spent his time questioning people about things like virtue, justice, piety and truth. The people questioned are the people that condemned him to death. was sentenced to death because people did not like him and they wanted to shut him up for good. T ....

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.... for their actions. The charges against were merely excuses by his enemies to murder him in a legal way. made his enemies by going on a search to find someone wiser than he was. went on this search because the Oracle at Delphi said he was the wisest man there was but believed that to be false (5). This lead to a futile search for a person who did have wisdom so could prove the oracle wrong. went to people who had a reputation of wisdom and then he would question and talk to them to find out if they in fact were wise. When he met someone who thought they were wise, would come "to the assistance of the god" and show him that he is not (6). Wh ....