Socrates Flashcards
1
Q
Background
A
- profoundly ugly
- let his hair grow long
- walked around barefoot & unwashed
2
Q
Reputation
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- unpopular views
- provoked men to anger
- eccentric and comic headmaster of a “thinker”
3
Q
Charges
A
- guilty of refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state
- guilty of introducing new divinities
- guilty of corrupting the youth
- penalty demanded is death
4
Q
Sentencing
A
- socrates is sentenced to death
- he ended up poisoning himself and taking his own life
