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Killing Socrates

Everyone has heard of the great Greek philosopher Socrates who lived in Athens in the 5th Century BC and who together with his student Plato and the latter’s own pupil Aristotle make up the basis of modern philosophical thought. But did you know that the famous thinker was sentenced to death by the Athenian jury in 399 BCE on the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broadcast on:
09 Apr 2024

Everyone has heard of the great Greek philosopher Socrates who lived in Athens in the 5th Century BC and who together with his student Plato and the latter’s own pupil Aristotle make up the basis of modern philosophical thought. But did you know that the famous thinker was sentenced to death by the Athenian jury in 399 BCE on the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens?

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