The Last Days of Socrates

Plato

⏱ 7 minWisdom classic

Condemned by Athens, an old man of seventy faces his accusers, his prison cell, and the cup of hemlock without fear. The Apology, Crito, and Phaedo: Socrates' defense, his refusal to escape, and his last argument that the soul does not die.

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