Today, not in class, we took notes on more of the video, The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization- Episode 3: Empire of the Mind (3 minutes of it). This online learning is pretty good so far. As of right now, there was only one day where I had a lot of work. Below are the notes from today's part of the video.
The Athenians are beginning to question traditional beliefs after their leader, Pericles, died of the plague. If good people are gone too soon, then what's the point in being good rather than evil. Socrates decided to trust his instincts and conscience rather than the anyone else. He thought that he couldn't trust what others had to say at this period of time. However, he was only one voice going up against the rest of the Athenian leaders, and he couldn't persuade the rest of the assembly. He was condemned to drinking hemlock poisoning (a terrible and painful way to go). it was a bad loss for Athens war effort.
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