The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia (impiety) against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption...
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Socrates on Trial is a play depicting the life and death of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. It tells the story of how Socrates was put on trial...
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Socrates (/ˈsɒkrətiːz/, Greek: Σωκράτης; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and...
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Apology (Plato) (redirect from The Apology of Socrates)
self-defence which Socrates (469–399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC. Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a defence against...
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Meletus (category Socrates)
disciple of Socrates, Antisthenes. This claim is generally rejected as apocryphal by modern scholarship. During the first three hours of trial, Meletus and...
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Apology (Xenophon) (redirect from Apology of Socrates to the Jury)
philosopher Socrates presented at his trial for the moral corruption of Athenian youth; and for asebeia (impiety) against the pantheon of Athens; judged...
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Thirty Tyrants (section Socrates and the Thirty)
executed 1,500 people without trial. Critias, a former pupil of Socrates, has been described as "the first Robespierre" because of his cruelty and inhumanity;...
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Euthyphro (category Dialogues of Plato)
the weeks before the trial of Socrates (399 BC), between Socrates and Euthyphro. The dialogue covers subjects such as the meaning of piety and justice....
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Anytus (category Socrates)
Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, ii.40. For discussion of these issues see I. F. Stone, The Trial of Socrates, chapters 10 to 13. Anytus...
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Eleutheria (category Society of ancient Greece)
taught himself Greek in his old age, wrote a book, The Trial of Socrates, pointing out that Socrates and Plato do not value eleutheria, freedom; instead...
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The unexamined life is not worth living (category Socrates)
life is not worth living" is a famous dictum supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently...
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Procedure in Ancient Athens and in the Trial of Socrates." Criminal Procedure in Ancient Athens and in the Trial of Socrates. Retrieved November 9, 2014. "Criminal...
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Gadfly (philosophy and social science) (category Socrates)
philosopher Socrates in his defense when on trial for his life. The term "gadfly" (Greek: μύωψ, mýops) was used by Plato in the Apology to describe Socrates' acting...
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Ecce Homo (book) (category Books critical of Christianity)
to Plato's Apology which documented the Trial of Socrates. In effect, Nietzsche was putting himself on trial with this work, and his sardonic judgments...
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I know that I know nothing (category Socrates)
I know nothing" is a saying derived from Plato's account of the Greek philosopher Socrates: "For I was conscious that I knew practically nothing..."...
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Xenophon (redirect from Xenophon of Athens)
former is set during the trial of Socrates, while the latter explains his moral principles and that he was not a corrupter of the youth. Although Xenophon...
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of a philosopher being put on trial is the case of Socrates, who was tried for, amongst other charges, corrupting the youth and impiety. The trial of...
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tradition, gave philosopher Socrates warning signs to prevent him from making wrong decisions. Socrates considered the originator of these signs to be a deity...
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I. F. Stone (category American people of Russian-Jewish descent)
wrote a book about the prosecution and death of Socrates, The Trial of Socrates, in which he argued that Socrates wanted to be sentenced to death to shame...
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Socratic dialogue (section Authors of extant dialogues)
Xenophon and all involve Socrates as the protagonist. These dialogues, and subsequent ones in the genre, present a discussion of moral and philosophical...
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Plato (redirect from Complete works of Plato)
Collin (2021). "Plato, Xenophon, and the Uneven Temporalities of Ethos in the Trial of Socrates". Philosophy & Rhetoric. 54 (3): 240–262. doi:10.5325/philrhet...
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Memorabilia (Xenophon) (section Date of composition)
(defense) of Socrates, differing from both Xenophon's Apology of Socrates to the Jury and Plato's Apology mainly in that the Apologies present Socrates as defending...
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Ethos (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
Collin (2021). "Plato, Xenophon, and the Uneven Temporalities of Ethos in the Trial of Socrates". Philosophy & Rhetoric. 54 (3): 240–262. doi:10.5325/philrhet...
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Heliaia (section Socrates' trial)
confiscation) and perpetual exile (ἀειφυγία). Socrates was accused of asebeia (impiety) by Meletus, Anytus and Lycon. His trial took place in 399 BC and the jury...
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Theaetetus (dialogue) (category Articles with Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links)
account. Each of these definitions is shown to be unsatisfactory as the dialogue ends in aporia as Socrates leaves to face a hearing for his trial for impiety...
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Socratic method (redirect from Method of Elenchus)
answering questions. In Plato's dialogue "Theaetetus", Socrates describes his method as a form of "midwifery" because it is employed to help his interlocutors...
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The Clouds (redirect from The Clouds of Aristophanes)
caricature of Socrates, and is cited by Plato in the Apology as a contributing factor to the philosopher's trial and execution. Socrates, the philosopher...
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son of King Hippocoon of Sparta in Greek mythology Lycon, a prosecutor in the trial of Socrates mentioned in Plato's dialogue, the Apology Lyco of Iasos...
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Socratic problem (redirect from Historicity of Socrates)
a historical and philosophical image of Socrates based on the variable, and sometimes contradictory, nature of the existing sources on his life. Scholars...
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Socratic questioning (category Socrates)
Socrates that focuses on discovering answers by asking questions of students. According to Plato, Socrates believed that "the disciplined practice of...
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