Trial and Death of Socrates

'The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.'Socrates is one of the great figures of Western history and the founding father of its philosophical tradition. In the Dialogues, by his pupil and fellow philosopher Plato, a fascinating portrait emerges of a man who spurned material wealth and believed above all in learning and inqu...