TheTrialofSocrates(399B.C.).pptVIP

The Trial of Socrates (399 B.C.) Lecturer: Wu Shiyu Email: shiyuw@ /bbs Introduction In 399 B.C., a trial, one of the most famous of all time, was in progress in Athens. The accused, Socrates, seventy years old, Athenian greatest thinker and teacher, was convicted and later on, executed. The specific charges against him: guilty of impiety; guilty of corrupting the young.” Socrates That is what Socrates has been doing for years: going around Athens, questioning and questioning everybody he could find: “What is justice?” “What is piety?” “What is right and wrong?” Delphi Or