As the hour drew near, everyone in the room broke down and wept except for Socrates himself ... the women the bother of washing me when I'm dead.' His final request was to ask a friend to ...

Condemned to death, Socrates, strong, calm and at peace, discusses the immortality of the soul. Surrounded by Crito, his grieving friends and students, he is teaching, philosophizing, and in fact, ...

In 399 BCE, because of political intrigue, Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth. As before, he refused to abandon or compromise his holy mission and principles of truth and justice ...

The second charge could put Socrates to death as atheism was seen as a threat to the welfare of citizens in Ancient Greece. Socrates realised his accusers were persuasive speakers. He denied that he ...