I Am Lycon: Is Socrates Guilty?
I am Lycon, I was born in Athens in 460 BCE into a family of sophisticated middle class individuals. I don’t like to think of myself as the best, but the Athenian community consider my family to be one of the more fortunate families in society. I have had a great deal of experience with that reprobate of a man that we call Socrates. I am here today with my fellow accusers, Meletus and Anytus, to prove that Socrates is guilty. I feel that Athens would be a much better place if Socrates were put to death. He is always questioning the government and I feel that is wrong and unruly to do such a thing to our government and it seems to be a threat to them as well. My experiences with Socrates were very minimally recognized in society but
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He does not even believe in the Polis let alone acknowledge or worship it. Socrates is the kind of guy that does not have anything to do with the Athenian community unless it involves himself or some form of his actions. He is just known as one of those people and that is another reason why he should be put to death. He is a flap-doodle that cannot stand to listen to political morals, or any type of politics unless it is based around him. Socrates thinks the whole world revolves around him. He does whatever he wants, and it does nothing for the community. He is a horrible teacher and a straight up horrible person in general to make someone do such a thing like that. To bring it down to simple terms, Socrates is not focused on anyone but his own self. He does not care about the community or the gods or the governments decisions. I do believe that this should be enough evidence for the death of this malicious, egotistical quack. He is a felonious sneak that should serve any if not all types of punishments doable to him until his vagabond of a person is proclaimed guilty by the trial. What influences my own political, philosophical, and moral view is my perspective on Athens itself. Athens is run by a wonderful government and has great morals, but what influences my view on them is the intellectual community of new thinking. This is why people thought of me as one of those plank-of-wood
He does not even believe in the Polis let alone acknowledge or worship it. Socrates is the kind of guy that does not have anything to do with the Athenian community unless it involves himself or some form of his actions. He is just known as one of those people and that is another reason why he should be put to death. He is a flap-doodle that cannot stand to listen to political morals, or any type of politics unless it is based around him. Socrates thinks the whole world revolves around him. He does whatever he wants, and it does nothing for the community. He is a horrible teacher and a straight up horrible person in general to make someone do such a thing like that. To bring it down to simple terms, Socrates is not focused on anyone but his own self. He does not care about the community or the gods or the governments decisions. I do believe that this should be enough evidence for the death of this malicious, egotistical quack. He is a felonious sneak that should serve any if not all types of punishments doable to him until his vagabond of a person is proclaimed guilty by the trial. What influences my own political, philosophical, and moral view is my perspective on Athens itself. Athens is run by a wonderful government and has great morals, but what influences my view on them is the intellectual community of new thinking. This is why people thought of me as one of those plank-of-wood