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Nitpick. Socrates was given a choice. His decision to kill himself was his own. I'd probably do the same. He was 70+ anyway. A lifetime of annoying dialectic te
by throwaway8879 6y ago
Nitpick. Socrates was given a choice. His decision to kill himself was his own. I'd probably do the same. He was 70+ anyway. A lifetime of annoying dialectic tends to make lots of enemies quickly.
- saagarjha 6y agoWhat was the choice? Wasn’t he sentenced to death?
- namenotrequired 6y agoThey sentenced him to death to force him to leave the city. No one expected him to decide to die rather than leave.
- saagarjha 6y agoI thought they literally sentenced him to death, and he had the opportunity to escape but refused to take it?
- namenotrequired 6y agoYes! The point is that everyone, friends and enemies, wanted and expected him to take it.
- DictumMortuum 6y agoYou are right. My point was that there is nothing magical in Greek ancestry, but a mixture of great and stupid individuals, as in all societies.