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MarkMurphy

The Scientific Method “All good thinking comes from asking questions.” - Socrates What can we educe from Socrates’ suicide, sentenced to take his own life for corrupting the minds of the Athenian youth, and for his impiety, in refusing to believe in the gods of the state? Should we cry Platonic tears for old Socrates? Do we remain to be convinced that Socrates had lived a virtuous life, regardless of the verdict of his trial? Do we believe that he was happy to die, as the hemlock raced inexorably towards his heart? Can wealth bring goodness, or any other blessing, to the individual? If the happy life is one of moral virtue, and the good life ascetic, one of acquiring wisdom, we might well begin to posit that the old philosopher acted in good faith, reconciling the ills of the Athenian state, with his own demise.

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