Socrates on Trial -- Paul Cartledge has picked up the issue of Socrates defense following on the famous I.F. Stone treatment, arguing that Socrates more or less had it coming. Aurelius in a meditation on how eminent physicians, astrologers, generals, and, yes, philosophers, after curing, predicting, or causing the deaths of others met their own end, says, Lice Killed Democritus; and Socrates, another sort of vermin, wicked ungodly men. (III;3) Aurelius an accomplished jurist, who made important contributions to Roman law from his campaign tent on the Danube, tended to favor giving up personal self-interest, pretense, and arrogance in the interest of the larger good. So that Aurelius dismisses the charges against Socrates means something. And we who live in a time that clothes Justice in a threadbare cloak, tolerating white-collar crime, taking up witch-hunts against priests, violating international sovereignty, and allowing police to execute suspicious persons without trial -- can we write off Socrates without losing our way? books.google/books/about/Ancient_Greek_Political_Thought_in_Pract.html?id=S8FWCr3HmTQC
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:19:36 +0000
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