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Background of the trial of Socrates. The trial of Socrates in 399 bce occurred soon after Athens’s defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 bce ). Not only were Sparta and Athens military rivals during those years, they also had radically different forms of government.
The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia ( impiety) against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption of the youth of the city-state; the accusers cited two impious acts by Socrates: "failing to acknowledge the gods that the city acknowledges" and "introducing new deities".
11 de jul. de 2022 · Background to the trial. Socrates had considered it his almost religious duty to engage his fellow citizens in philosophical conversation, usually by asking probing questions which often highlighted and exposed their complete ignorance of subjects – a pedagogical technique since deemed the ‘Socratic method’.
16 de sept. de 2005 · 1. Socrates’s strangeness. 2. The Socratic problem: Who was Socrates really? 2.1 Three primary sources: Aristophanes, Xenophon, and Plato. 2.2 Contemporary interpretative strategies. 2.3 Implications for the philosophy of Socrates. 3.
9 de nov. de 2009 · Trial and Death of Socrates. Socrates avoided political involvement where he could and counted friends on all sides of the fierce power struggles following the end of the Peloponnesian War.
The trial and execution of Socrates in Athens in 399 B.C.E. puzzles historians. Why, in a society enjoying more freedom and democracy than any the world had ever seen, would a 70-year-old philosopher be put to death for what he was teaching?
