Socrates and the Law

02Nov06

The ultimate convergence involving politics, history,  and the law happened in Ancient Greece when Socrates was legally tried and convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens, arguing against the established gods of the state, and for creating new gods. 

In reality,  as most people knew, he was merely on the wrong side of politics and the postions of those holding power.  In fact, he was a gadfly who spoke truth to the powerful and they found a way to silence his voice using the courts as a ruse.   

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