7. Socrates' Death

7. How did Socrates die? Do you think his death was justified? Explain your answer.

Socrates

        People in the Socratic era were not open-minded. Because they hated to accept new ideas as well as accept their ignorance, everyone believed that they were wise. Socrates, believing that he was not wise, paradoxically became wise because of the fact that he was the only one aware of his own ignorance. Due to this reason and his new philosophies, the Athenian government decided to put him to trial. He was then found guilty, and poison to death. The question that many people ask is “was his death justified?” I personally believe it was not justified although others may disagree with me. Some may say because at that time period, it was not right to try new ideas and philosophies, and since majority is the justice, that it was justified. In my point of view, because Socrates was framed for “failing to acknowledge the gods that the city acknowledges” and “introducing new deities,” which are perfectly sane and fine things to do in today’s society, that the death of Socrates was undoubtedly justified. Even though a person’s philosophy may be unique and different from others within the same society, it does not mean a person can be framed to death by the government because there weren’t any actual crime that has been committed by that person.  The trial was without a doubt run through bias crowd of voters that were brain-washed by the government to kill an innocent person that simply wanted to spread new ideas and philosophies. This resulted in an innocent blood shed by a great philosopher without fear accepted his unjustified crime which he should not have been accused of in the first place.