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The Trial of Socrates

Socrates often refers to the “good” at his trial, he says “a man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying’ he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong”. Throughout the trial, Socrates refers to virtue, “For I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person. But if any one says that this is not my teaching, he is speaking an untruth.(23)” Socrates was a firm believer that materialistic things such as money wouldn’t bring you happiness and wouldn’t make you a good person, but that a person needed to gain virtue throu...

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