9/13/16 The Death of Socrates

Today in Mr. Schick's class we talked more about Socrates. Socrates wanted children to have their own beliefs and not be forced to make decisions based off of what everyone else does. However the "government" of that time thought it was illegal for him to do such. He was taken to court and 500 men found him guilty. He was to be sentenced to death. But heres the twist, if you were in that much trouble that you were going to be killed wouldn't you do what you could to stay alive. Thats what some of the officials thought however Socrates didn't feel the same way. He admitted to his crimes which made them confirm their decision on killing him. He didn't say "oh well i won't ever do it again" because he felt that what he did was right and that if he was going to be killed for something he did good it didn't bother him. So in the end some officials wanted to break him out of jail but Socrates rejected the offer and was satisfied with being killed. He drank poison hemlock to kill himself.