In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

During Socrates' youth Athens was a city at the height of its power and the intellectual center of the Greek world. The spirit of openness which democracy encouraged had given rise to new fields ...

After Socrates had been found guilty of impiety and corrupting the morals of the city's youth, he was next invited to propose a suitable punishment. This was a legal tradition in Athens and an ...

Robertson describes Socrates' Athens in terms that seem all too familiar: a society recovering from a pandemic where people's trust in government is shaken, and an extremely polarized split ...

5/5 The Spartans break down Athenian walls. Socrates' card is marked.

“I realized, to my sorrow and alarm, that I was getting unpopular,” Socrates ruefully reflected, after having alienated a number of powerful politicians in Athens and before being sentenced to ...

$35. Many know that Socrates declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” And that he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for “corrupting the youth” of Athens.