Socrates ruthlessly interrogated Athenian democracy so hard that his students led an anti-democratic coup and became tyrants. Then the tyrants lost power and everyone hated him. This is what got him killed.
Philosophy needs to follow the example of Socrates, but it must remember what that example is. Socrates didn't just ruthlessly interrogate ideas in search of truth, he ruthlessly interrogated power in search of justice. That is what got him killed.
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Philosophy should relentlessly work to find a model of establishment,that might work without d use of POWER but simple Reason.
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Here I thought being annoying at dinner parties is what got him killed
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Completely agree. He asked questions to find truth as well as justice, in his case.
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Also he did that cool concept-dialogue about Atlantis that has inspired pseudo-archaeologists down the ages.
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I agree with the sentiment. But we should clarify that for Plato truth, justice and the principal virtues are unified and understanding them goes beyond simple belief. Also Socrates' religiosity lied outside that of Athenian political orthodoxy
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