[By Sophia Miller]

A small discussion, analyzing what the issue of free speech actually boils down to in terms of a society’s values, and what the trial of Socrates demonstrates about Athenian society.

Works Cited:

Loren J. Samons II. (2004). What’s Wrong with Democracy? : From Athenian Practice to American Worship. University of California Press.

Cartledge, Paul. Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Van Riel, Gerd. “Socrates’ Daemon: Internalisation of the Divine and Knowledge of the Self.” Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, vol. 38, no. 2, 2005, pp. 31–42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40913994. Accessed 6 Dec. 2020.

Giordano-Zecharya, Manuela. “As Socrates Shows, the Athenians Did Not Believe in Gods.” Numen, vol. 52, no. 3, 2005, pp. 325–355. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27643170. Accessed 6 Dec. 2020.

Music Attributions: 

Title- Making Coffee

Artist- Street Star, 2020

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Title- Cafe Boursault 

Artist- milo, 2018

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Title- lofi hip hop track 

Artist- alittlebitdrunkguy

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