Category: Classics of Literature
Socrates' death took place in the month of May, 399 B.C., when he was more than 70 years of age (Apol. 17 D. Crito 52 E). The interval between the trial and his death was very long,--thirty days altogether. The indictment against Socrates was as follows: "Socrates is guilty of...
Socrates' death took place in the month of May, 399 B.C., when he was more than 70 years of age (Apol. 17 D. Crito 52 E). The interval between the trial and his death was very long,--thirty days altogether. The indictment against Socrates was as follows: "Socrates is guilty of crime, first for not worshipping the gods whom the city worships, but introducing new divinities of his own; next, for corrupting the youth. The penalty due is death."
Hic forsitan suscipiens aliquis dicat vestrum: Quodnam ergo tibi, Socrate, negotium est? Unde crimina haec in te conflata sunt? Non sane enim, te nihil curiosius ceteris tractan...
1. Part 1Socrates' death took place in the month of May, 399 B.C., when he was more than 70 years of age (Apol. 17 D. Crito 52 E). The interval between the trial and his death was very l...
3. Part 3Ne tumultuemini, Athenienses, sed quod vos rogavi, servate mihi ut ne tumultuemini ob ea quae dico, sed audiatis. Nam iuvabit vos, ut opinor, auditio. Etenim dicturus vobis nunc...
4. Part 4Consideremus iam sic quoque, quam magna spes sit bonum illud esse. Ex duobus enim alterum est mors: nam aut velut in nihilum interitus est, ut ne ullum quidem ullius rei sensum...