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Trial of Socrates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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(Although Socrates also appears as a character in the later dialogues of Plato, these writings more often express philosophical positions Plato himself developed long after Socrates's death.) In the Socratic dialogues, his extended conversations with students, statesmen, and friends invariably aim at understanding...
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Reynolds compared the Socrates with Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling and Raphael's Stanze, and after ten visits to the Salon described it as `in every sense perfect'. ... The Death of Socrates; 1787 (100 Kb); Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm (51 x 77 1/4 in); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ;
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After he receives the death penalty, Socrates explains the "meaning of what has occurred" to those who voted for acquittal, his friends and true judges.(22) Socrates states, "What has happened to me now has not happened of itself, but it is clear to me that it was better for me to die now and escape from trouble."(23)
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The Death of Socrates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF SOCRATES; Background Material ... Jacques Louis David's painting, The Death of Socrates (1787). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wolfe Fund, 1931, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection. Source: Oliver Taplin, Greek Fire, New York, Atheneum, 1990.
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