It appeared that the option was available for Socrates to renounce his faith and go free, instead of continuing to practice philosophy and question Greece until he upset the wrong people and was put to death. ... Socrates agrees with this notion by his sheer will to follow the oracle's tidings, even if it ultimately means his death. ... However, this did not happen (but wouldn't that make a cool philosophy/sci-fi novel?). ... Socrates, in standing by what he believes in instead of looking at the individual matter of the court's ignorance, and playing it safe in ord...

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