I am Crito, a 66 year old farmer who lives just outside of Athens. I am a Socratic, and one of Socrates most influential followers (ROLE SHEET). Since the time Socrates has been put on trial for the charges of corrupting the youth and not believing in the God’s, scholars, professors, students of all kinds, and being charged of treason. Citizens have argued and debated the truth behind his sentence. I know there are some citizens out there who believe that Socrates is basically guilty. But, there are others who believe he is innocent; for example, me and my fellow Socratics. Our Faction feels he is solely being used as an example.
This assembly is passing judgment on one of the wisest citizen of all Athens. Socrates does not communicate values and ideas: he merely asks questions to his followers and begs that his speakers teach him. And while it may be true that Socrates is skeptical of democracy, his criticisms are true: democracy has substantial weaknesses, and he does right by pointing them out.
Athens has lost a war, which is proof that the democracy has terribly failed. In the past year, Athens has witnessed a bloody civil war between the oligarchs and the democrats, showing the weaknesses of each Faction (Carnes, M. C., & Ober, J. (2004)). Now is the time for a true revolution, …show more content…
Socrates’ defense against the charge is that he does not believe in God’s is fairly adequate. Yes, Socrates does admit to not believing in the God’s of Athens, but does proclaim that he lives his life by the words of some sort of higher being, or spirits. As he mentions, “I live in great poverty because of my service to Gods” (Plato). I agree with his argument when he says that claiming he is an atheist is completely false, considering he does believe in higher power spiritual beings. Believing in a higher power proves he is not an atheist. Therefore, for the charge of not believing in the God’s, Athens should cast their vote as not
This assembly is passing judgment on one of the wisest citizen of all Athens. Socrates does not communicate values and ideas: he merely asks questions to his followers and begs that his speakers teach him. And while it may be true that Socrates is skeptical of democracy, his criticisms are true: democracy has substantial weaknesses, and he does right by pointing them out.
Athens has lost a war, which is proof that the democracy has terribly failed. In the past year, Athens has witnessed a bloody civil war between the oligarchs and the democrats, showing the weaknesses of each Faction (Carnes, M. C., & Ober, J. (2004)). Now is the time for a true revolution, …show more content…
Socrates’ defense against the charge is that he does not believe in God’s is fairly adequate. Yes, Socrates does admit to not believing in the God’s of Athens, but does proclaim that he lives his life by the words of some sort of higher being, or spirits. As he mentions, “I live in great poverty because of my service to Gods” (Plato). I agree with his argument when he says that claiming he is an atheist is completely false, considering he does believe in higher power spiritual beings. Believing in a higher power proves he is not an atheist. Therefore, for the charge of not believing in the God’s, Athens should cast their vote as not