Open AccessThe Legal, Political, Philosophical and Religious Dimension of Socrates’ Trial and Execution
Author(s) -
Kostas E. Beys
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
peitho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-9004
pISSN - 2082-7539
DOI - 10.14746/pea.2010.1.3
Subject(s) - socrates , indictment , politics , conviction , dimension (graph theory) , law , epistemology , political science , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
The article deals with the legal, political, philosophical and religious dimensions of Socrates’ trial and execution. It considers the issue in five separate aspects: 1) the validity of charging Socrates with impiety and corrupting the youth of the Athens; 2) the legal basis of the philosopher’s indictment; 3) the then manner of conducting a legal trial in the Athens; 4) the extent to which Socrates’ conviction can ultimately be characterized as unjust and — finally — 5) the cultural ramifications of the philosopher’s trial and execution.