In the year 399 BC, seventy years after he was born, Socrates was brought before the Athenian court on charges of impiety and corrupting the city's youth. His belief that the gods must be good or ...

Actually, Netanyahu would do well to read Plato, to learn about democracy and the rule of law, and to stand trial and accept the verdict. Instead, he is proving Socrates right: subverting the laws ...

The Trial of Socrates: A City’s Fear of Truth Socrates had spent his life challenging people to think. He asked tough questions, exposed contradictions, and forced Athenians to examine their ...

Socrates was born in 469 BC. His father was a stonemason and his mother was a midwife, a profession he would later use to characterize himself, since he would later describe himself as a midwife ...