Socrates (469-399 BC) was an Athenian philosopher who questioned and criticized the political and intellectual views of his fellow citizens. He believed that the unexamined life is not worth living and that people should pursue knowledge, wisdom, and moral excellence. However, these beliefs threatened Athens' traditional values after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War, and Socrates was tried for corrupting the youth and impiety. At his trial, he addressed questions about wisdom, justice, and truth but was found guilty and sentenced to death by hemlock poisoning. Socrates' ideas and emphasis on rational thought and virtue redefined what it means to be human and influenced later Greek philosophy.

1. SOCRATES “ THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.” FROM THE APOLOGY

2. SOCRATES 469-399 BC FROM ATHENS FOUGHT IN THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR TEACHER SOCRATIC METHOD- QUESTIONING AND SELF-CRITICISM PLATO WAS HIS PUPIL AND RECORDED SOCRATES’ PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS

4. PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS “THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.” BELIEVED IN A UNIVERSAL TRUTH BELIEVED THAT LIFE WAS TO BE LIVED IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM MORAL EXCELLENCE AND VIRTUE WERE TO BE THE MAIN GOALS OF ONE’S LIFE REASON WOULD BE THE GUIDE

5. HISTORICAL CONTEXT THE LOSS OF ATHENS TO SPARTA DURING THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR WAS A BLOW TO THE CONFIDENCE OF ATHENIAN POWER ATHENS WAS LOOKING FOR SOME EXPLANIATION FOR THIS DEFEAT SOCRATES BECAME THE SCAPEGOAT

6. ATHENIAN COURTS CHAOTIC ACCUSED PERSON HAD TO ACT AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY JURIES WERE EXTREMELY LARGE (SOCRATES’ JURY WAS OVER 500) JURY DECIDED THE PENALTY JUDGMENT WAS IMMEDIATE

7. SOCRATES’ TRIAL WAS HELD IN THE AGORA OF ATHENS

8. AGORA

9. AGORA

10. CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST SOCRATES CORRUPTING THE YOUNG MEN OF ATHENS CONSTANT QUESTIONING CHALLENGING ATHENIAN VALUES FAILING TO BELIEVE IN THE “GODS” OF ATHENS AND BELIEVING IN NEW “GODS AND SPIRITS”

11. MAJOR ISSUES THAT SOCRATES ADDRESSED DURING HIS TRIAL WHAT IS WISDOM? WHAT IS JUSTICE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CARE FOR ONE’S SOUL? WHAT IS TRUTH?

12. SOCRATES WAS FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO DEATH

13. HEMLOCK SEEDS VIALS

14. THE DEATH OF SOCRATES

15. SOCRATES AS THE NEW HUMAN BEING SOCRATES REDEFINED WHAT IT WAS TO BE A HUMAN BEING HUMAN BEINGS WERE TO BE VIRTUOUS MORAL SELF-CRITICAL RATIONAL EXCELLENT WISE

16. MORAL VIRTUE REPLACED THE HEROIC WARRIOR OF HOMER EMPIRES OF THOUGHT WOULD BE THE LEGACY OF ATHENS (GREEKS)