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Death of Socrates
The death of Socrates is one of the great, iconic moments of human culture. Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Socrates was prepared to face his death with serenity (although his companions were far from prepared for this). Socrates attuned a universal reality that transcends our attachments to living or dying. We can say that Socrates lived his life with some special integrity and balance. This is why, after more than two thousand years, we still remember him as a great sage – even though he did not leave us with any of his own writings.
Socrates opposed the Sophists, arguing that there are absolute, transcultural standards of right and wrong, good and bad. He argued (as in the first passage below) that once we recognize what is truly good, we would act in accord with that knowledge--hence his claim that "the virtues are a kind of knowledge." He also firmly believed (as shown in the second passage) that the cosmos is grounded in goodness, hence that a......

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