SOCRATES: Why Did He Choose Death Instead of Silence?

Описание: In 399 BC, a 70-year-old philosopher was sentenced to death by 500 Athenian citizens. His friends opened the prison door. His escape was arranged. He refused to leave.

Why would a man choose death over silence? The trial of Socrates is one of the most haunting events in the ancient world — a confrontation between a single individual and the full power of the state, ending in a cup of poison and a question that has never been fully answered.

In this documentary, we trace the full story: the political climate of a city humiliated by war, the trial that shocked the ancient world, and the final days of a man who believed that integrity was worth dying for.

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Tags: Socrates, Ancient Greece, Trial of Socrates, Greek Philosophy, Athens 399 BC, Death of Socrates, Hemlock, Plato, History Documentary, Ancient History, Greek History, Philosophy History, Peloponnesian War, Thirty Tyrants, Western Civilization, Socratic Method, Crito, Phaedo, Apology of Socrates, Classical Athens, Ancient World Documentary


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