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He was certainly very annoying, but his crime was misleading the youth, making them distrust authority.
by Grustaf 5y ago
He was certainly very annoying, but his crime was misleading the youth, making them distrust authority.
- dotancohen 5y agoThat was his charge. The actual "crime" has been disputed for about two and a half millennia.
- bambax 5y agoNo. That is a legend promoted by Plato. He was not making the "youth" (in general) distrust authority, he was going around telling the sons of nobility and highest ranking officials that democracy was a stupid idea and that they would be better off seizing power for themselves.