In 399 B.C., Socrates was charged with impiety by a jury of five hundred of his fellow citizens. His most famous student, Plato, tells us,
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Since the Apology seems to give great weight to the charge of impiety--and relatively little weight to the association of Socrates with the Thirty...
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Euthyphro is an imagined dialogue between Socrates and Euthyphro about piety--Socrates stood charged with impiety--as Socrates prepared to enter the Royal Stoa to formally answer the charges brought against him by Meletus and other accusers.
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SOCRATES WAS BROUGHT TO TRIAL CHARGED WITH IMPIETY AND CORRUPTION OF THE. YOUNG. ANIMOSITY AGAINST HIM FOR HIS POLITICAL VIEWS LAY BEHIND THESE CHARGES.
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Socrates has a dislike to these tales of mythology, and he fancies that this dislike of his may be the reason why he is charged with impiety. 'Are they really true?' 'Yes, they are;' and Euthyphro will gladly tell Socrates some more of them.
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In this work, Socrates has been charged with corruption of the youth and impiety. The Apology is Socrates' response why he should be vindicated of these charges.
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Socrates: May not this be the reason, Euthyphro, why I am charged with impiety---that I cannot always [agree] with these stories about the gods? and...
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Note that the one charge is impiety, and that these three claims explain the ways in which Socrates was impious. Furthermore, the law did not stipulate the penalty for impiety. Hence, the penalty was proposed by the person who was prosecuting the case.
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Why was Socrates put on trial?: Socrates was charged with impiety and corrupting the youth, found guilty by a margin of 30 votes out of the 501 jurors, and sentenced to death.
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At the beginning of the fourth century B.C.E., Socrates was charged with impiety and corruption of the youth. Socrates was an ugly,[2] stubborn sage who walked without shoes, fought bravely in battle and taught students in the marketplace.
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