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21 kwi 2018 · Athenian law prescribed death by drinking a cup of poison hemlock. Socrates drank the hemlock, was condemned at trial, and executed his death sentence. The great philosopher never rejected his beliefs and chose death instead of living a life of shame as an exiled old man.
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In this story, Socrates has been convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing strange gods, and has been sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. Socrates uses his death as a final lesson for his pupils rather than fleeing when the opportunity arises, and faces it calmly.
21 sie 2014 · However, the most infamous poisoning by hemlock is attributed to the Greek philosopher Socrates, who chose a hemlock drink as his preferred means of death—most sources say that he drank it...
Some contemporary scholars have challenged Plato’s description of hemlock-poisoning, arguing that in fact the symptoms would have been much more violent than the relatively gentle death he depicts. If these scholars are right, why does Plato depict the death scene the way he does?
23 paź 2023 · Hemlock causes a frothing, spasming death, and it is by this poison that Socrates was famously executed. However, Plato describes the death of Socrates far more tranquilly in Phaedo. This portrayal typifies the proper philosopher’s death, which respects death as not only natural but as the aspiration of philosophy.
12 cze 2011 · The closing pages of Plato’s Phaedo provide a stunning picture of the effects of poison upon the body of Socrates. Plato describes a slowly ascending paralysis, beginning in Socrates’ feet and creeping steadily up his legs toward his chest, with Socrates’ mind remaining clear until the end.
5 maj 2022 · The painting depicts the Greek philosopher Socrates (469–399 B.C.) about to take a goblet of poison hemlock. Imprisoned for impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens, Socrates refused to renounce his beliefs and was sentenced to death.
