Ancient Athenian Democracy Concludes an Unjustified Verdict of a Futuristic and Wise Man
A court case requires evidence, accusers, the accused, and the jury. What links all these components together is a matter of persuasion through cross examining to prove the accused innocent or felonious. A court case also represents a cities governing and regulating systems efficiency. In the Trial of Socrates, one will come to discover the deficiencies of the accusers, Meletus, Lycon, and Anytus’ charges and the forthright manner of Socrates. One will also see Athens failed attempt to maintain an “idealistic” and supreme Democracy which led to the collapse of Athens after the Peloponnesian war and possibly again soon. Another reason for Athens fall from …show more content…
Socrates does not hold heretical opinions nor does he “disbelieve the conventional mythology tales”; this is significant because it reveals how he acknowledged the gods and understood the Athenians praised the Olympian gods, the only difference is that he believes them to be symbolic of the truths of the universe manifested in the form of Gods (The Trial of Socrates 42). Likewise, Socrates has a close relationship with an inner voice/his conscious, called a “Daemon, [which] [tells] him only what is wrong”; all of this goes to show that Socrates is does not disrespect the Athenian gods because it shows that he follows Greek ethics as the Daemon originates in Greek tradition (The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath 3). Conversely, Anytus, Meletus, and Lycon indirectly blame Socrates for being the initial reason why generals were tempted to compromise faith established in Athens. Notably, the Spartan sabotage reveled how Athens became impotent and its faith in the God’s deteriorated, exposing Athenians disgracing their core, Athenian religion. “spend their time tending to the improving of the soul” and claimed that “no artist can communicate the nature of divinity”; all of this goes to reveal that Socrates definitely felt a connection to gods especially when he smashed the rancid statues of the goddesses Three Graces (The Trial of Socrates 33-34) (Socrates
A court case requires evidence, accusers, the accused, and the jury. What links all these components together is a matter of persuasion through cross examining to prove the accused innocent or felonious. A court case also represents a cities governing and regulating systems efficiency. In the Trial of Socrates, one will come to discover the deficiencies of the accusers, Meletus, Lycon, and Anytus’ charges and the forthright manner of Socrates. One will also see Athens failed attempt to maintain an “idealistic” and supreme Democracy which led to the collapse of Athens after the Peloponnesian war and possibly again soon. Another reason for Athens fall from …show more content…
Socrates does not hold heretical opinions nor does he “disbelieve the conventional mythology tales”; this is significant because it reveals how he acknowledged the gods and understood the Athenians praised the Olympian gods, the only difference is that he believes them to be symbolic of the truths of the universe manifested in the form of Gods (The Trial of Socrates 42). Likewise, Socrates has a close relationship with an inner voice/his conscious, called a “Daemon, [which] [tells] him only what is wrong”; all of this goes to show that Socrates is does not disrespect the Athenian gods because it shows that he follows Greek ethics as the Daemon originates in Greek tradition (The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath 3). Conversely, Anytus, Meletus, and Lycon indirectly blame Socrates for being the initial reason why generals were tempted to compromise faith established in Athens. Notably, the Spartan sabotage reveled how Athens became impotent and its faith in the God’s deteriorated, exposing Athenians disgracing their core, Athenian religion. “spend their time tending to the improving of the soul” and claimed that “no artist can communicate the nature of divinity”; all of this goes to reveal that Socrates definitely felt a connection to gods especially when he smashed the rancid statues of the goddesses Three Graces (The Trial of Socrates 33-34) (Socrates