FYSM 1208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Meletus, Stonemasonry, Strange Ways
15 Oct 2018
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Was middle class - neither rich, nor poor. Was a fantastic soldier in the athenian army. It was written that was never tired on the field; Sometime in early adulthood, socrates began behaving strangely. He would stand in a single stop thinking silently for hours. Became obsessed with the question of how to best live. Was sentenced to death for impiety and corrupting the youth impiety: lack of dutifulness/respect/belief in a god/gods. Plato"s apology chronicles socrates" defence at the trial. He spent time learning from the sophists and other allegedly wise men. He started to shun many luxuries, such as nice clothes, fancy foods, entertainment, or sex. There"s a chance he was a schizophrenic. He explained his strange ways on a basis of a voice in his head, a daimon . The daimon would only ever stop him from doing or saying things.
