POLS 2310 Lecture 2: apology of socrates cont
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Need to know: details of prejudice against socrates. More to be feared than the formal accusers. Prejudice is that socrates investigates the things in the sky and the things beneath the earth. Socrates makes the worse argument appear stronger (science, rhetoric, atheism) Those who study these things do not believe in the gods. Socrates does not say that the prejudice was created largely by political leaders who though he sought their power. People will risk death/punishment for money and power. Power: obey out of fear of consequences (punishment of some kind) Need to understand: the meaning of authority and power. Even though he knows that his income is so small that he is highly unlikely to be caught, rich is careful to report all his tips of his taxes to be sure to avoid a ne. Socrates" e ort to explain the prejudice against him, because the truth wouldn"t work.
