SOCRATES OF ATHENS (470-399 BC), OR THE CULTURAL MYTH OF THE SCAPEGOAT INTELLECTUAL IN TIMES OF CRISIS
SOCRATES OF ATHENS (470-399 BC), OR THE CULTURAL MYTH OF THE SCAPEGOAT INTELLECTUAL IN TIMES OF CRISIS

Summary/Abstract: Socrates is the type of philosopher, theoretician who falls victim to criticism of the Athenian society towards the errors of his disciples, but, on the other hand, also to his desire not to abandon the principles which he had devoted his life to. Socrates becomes the ideal archetype of the “guiltless culprit”, paying the price of theorizing what we call “consciousness” today, that “daimon” that helps us pass through our own filter what is delivered to us from society, through theoretical and practical channels. This article illustrates the stages of Socrates' trial, conviction, and death by drawing cultural parallels with the post-Socrates world. We will better understand Socrates through the examples of personalities who lived after him and built models of philosophical, religious or political thought.

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