Socrates
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Socrate's First Accusers and Athenian Law Of all confrontations in political philosophy, the biggest is the conflict between philosophy and politics. The problem remains making philosophy friendly to politics. The questioning of authoritative opinions is not easily accomplished nor is that realm of ....
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.... stinging attack on Athenian life, and the opinions which they revere so highly, is placed on trial for his life. The question now becomes why and in what manner did refute the gods and is he quilty? , himself, speaks out the accusers charges by saying " does injustice and is meddlesome, by investigating the things under the earth and the heavenly things, and by making the weaker the stronger and by teaching others these things" (Plato, 19b;c). This is the charge of the "old" accusers. It is s ....
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