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Jodi Ann
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When Athens prosecuted Socrates, it was untrue to itself. The paradox and the shame in the trial of Socrates is that a city famous for free speech prosecuted a philosopher guilty of no other crime than exercising it.
— May 23, 2026 10:49AM
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Jodi Ann
is on page 97 of 294
The negative dialectic of Socrates -- if the city had taken it seriously -- would have made equity and democracy impossible. His identification of virtue with an unattainable knowledge stripped common men of hope and denied their capacity to govern themselves.
— May 16, 2026 09:22AM
Jodi Ann
is on page 38 of 294
...fundamental philosophical divergence between Socrates and Athens. He and his disciples saw the human community as a herd that had to be ruled by a king.... The Athenians, on the other hand, believed... capable of distinguishing good from evil and of governing himself in a polis. This was no trivial difference.
— Apr 10, 2026 04:22PM
