

By applying Socrates’ teaching, Plato seeks to protect his adored teacher, thereby laying the foundations of his own philosophy. Thus, all the above are vital components of the ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry. His re-evaluation of archaic moral values had motivated the allegations. Socrates.In Plato’s Apology of Socrates, Socrates defends himself against both the accusers and the accusation proper. One month elapsed between the trial and death of.Socrates was condemned by a majority of 61 votes,īut sentenced to death by a majority of 141 votes.Penalty, and the jury chose one, again by simple majority Penalty, the prosecution and defendant both proposed a If the verdict was guilty and there was no fixed.Water-clock (see above) were finished, the jury decided Their own speeches when the two speeches, timed by a The prosecution and the defendant both delivered.

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Charges were not brought by a public prosecutor inĭemocratic Athens, but by individuals.General amnesty nonetheless suspicion about Socrates, No one could be brought up on charges ofĪssociation with the 30 because the city had declared a.Moreover, his most (in)famous follower,ĪLCIBIADES, was staunchly anti-democratic.Socrates did not cooperate with the 30, but he.Which they exiled or killed many of the democrats and They inaugurated an 8 month rule of terror, during The long walls, a body of thirty oligarchic rulers,Ĭalled the 30 Tyrants, were appointed to administer theĬity. When the Spartans defeated Athens and tore down.
