His speech lightened the sadness of mourning loved ones who have died in the Peloponnesian battles and turned the outlook of their deaths into an honorable act of dignity rather than a loss. ... He is proud that the Athenian government has it's own unique constitution. ... Pericles is proud of the example Athens sets for the other city-states. ... Their way of democracy was a major advancement for Athens and Greece, which made Pericles very proud. ... They want the say of all of their citizens, not only the wealthy. ...

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(PB, p. 33, ln.123) Prometheus was punished by the ultimate god, Zeus, for giving humanity the gift of not being able to foresee their own deaths and, "gave them fire." ... That would not happen because Prometheus truly believed that his actions were justified, and if they were justified, he would not be shameful, but rather be proud of the good he did for humans. "Fate, that concludes everything, is not fated to make that happen-not yet, not this way. ... In Plato's Apology, although Socrates was sentenced to death for his actions, he believed that his actions were justified and was t...

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He doest not learn his lesson until the end of the play when he speaks respectfully of the death that is continually hurting him. ... Haemon then tells his father that the public does not believe that Antigone deserves the punishment of death. ... Haemon calls Creon stubborn and proud. ... Socrates has argued that one must obey one's superior, someone who is relevantly wiser than oneself, the god in ethical matters, in any situation in which one's only reason not to obey is that obedience puts one at risk of death. ... Then the court orders him to abandon philosophy on pain of death....

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It is this hypocrisy that makes the trial and death of Socrates quite ironic. ... He wanted to die "he wanted the death penalty. ... As mentioned before, the Athenians were proud of this freedom they had, but Socrates did not use this to his advantage. ... Athens was also wrong in allowing the death penalty to be a factor in the trial. ... There was absolutely no legal basis for his receiving the death penalty if convicted. ...

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What did he do wrong that accuse to death? ... I believe that if he teaches all the materials to the next generations, even though he was dead, his student and friends were still proud of him. ... Unfortunately, Socrates held a trial in front of the Athenian jury; as a result he was sentenced to death. ... The guard in the jail is not trying to control him or force him to drink the poison; the guard could not even bear to look at Socrates' face. ... Once you have experience if you will not do it again. ...

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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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You can not teach someone something you yourself do not know. ... Socrates taught anywhere, and he went up to people even without knowing them and asked them all sorts of questions, the people Socrates questioned are the people that condemned him to death. Socrates was sentenced to death because people did not like him and they wanted to shut him up for good. ... When Socrates was faced with the choice to live, and no longer teach philosophy or to die, he chose death. ... When we know that the Athenians were proud of this freedom they had, Socrates did not use this to his advantage. ...

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