Some of the best sources of information about Socrates’ philosophical views are the early dialogues of his student Plato, who tried to provide a faithful picture of the methods and teachings of the great master. The Apology is one of the many-recorded dialogues about Socrates. It is about how Socrates was arrested and charged with corrupting the youth, believing in no god and for being a Sophist. He attended his trial and put up a …showed first 75 words of 975 total…

…showed last 75 words of 975 total…about certain things, why would you over react over someone asking you why you believed in those things? Perhaps Socrates was simply trying to figure out why people believe in god. Socrates was a brave and smart man. He was a master at speaking and instead of sentencing him to death, I think that the people of Athens should have commended him for speaking so freely and openly. They could have learned something from him.