Socrates wordt wel de vader van de westerse filosofie genoemd, maar wat zijn precies zijn filosofische opvattingen? Hij staat bekend om zijn nederigheid, maar lezers vinden hem vaak arrogant en neerbuigend. We herhalen zijn bewering dat ‘het niet-onderzochte leven het leven niet waard is’, maar zetten geen stappen om een onderzocht leven te leiden. We weten dat hij veroordeeld werd tot de gifbeker omdat hij ‘de jeugd zou hebben gecorrumpeerd’, maar onderwijzen de hedendaagse jongeren ...

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