Socrates and the Virtues of Staying

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In this article the writer discusses Socrates' decision to accept his sentence. The writer explains that basically the argument is based on Socrates concepts of justice and the soul. Further, the writer points out that Socrates essentially believed that one could not right an injustice with another injustice, as this is the same as saying that two wrongs do not make a right.

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"Socrates was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. One of the most celebrated aspects of Socrates life was his trial and death. Socrates did not die a natural death he was executed for political crimes. In The Trial and Death of Socrates Socrates explains, that he is under indictment by one Meletus for corrupting the young and for not believing in the gods in whom the city believes. In essence Socrates was charged with teaching material that was perceived to be against the Athenian state."

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