Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture : Lecture 5, Part 1 - Plato and Socratic Law

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Lecture 5 plato and socratic law, part 1: lived from 469-399 bce in athens. wealthy: married to xanthippe and had two sons. fulfilled civic duty: fought bravely in the peloponnesian war, as epistates of the prytaneis he refused to try the generals of the battle of the. tried to do what he thought what was right under the 30 tyrants. In many ways he was a typical athenian; in some ways eccentric. Socrates argues against this: says this harms the perpetrator. Justice exists, not something made up by the masses y socrates not a typical sophist: in 399 bce he was tried for and convicted of introducing new gods and corrupting young men. religious offenses; could have been brought forward by his political enemies. In 403 bce, the democracy was restored after the reign of the 30.

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