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Death of Socrates

The Death Of Socrates What reasoning has brought you to this place where death destroys your gift of sanctity? Before the fall of night, and in disgrace yes, all those hating you, shall make it be; they'll label you confused right to your end corrupter of all teachers of the truth convincing all the world, you have no friend, and die for untold sins against our youth. Your good and bad has brought you to despair; all indecisiveness in what you think, the crown upon your head, where once was hair outshines the goblet from which you now drink. How dare you bear the hemlock in such style, whilst we can't even guess, what of you smile? © ron wilson arbuthnot aka Vee Bdosa the Doylestown Poet

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 10/20/2015 7:46:00 AM
It is somewhat interesting that most of the evidence that he did actually kill himself, comes from a painting done a few hundred years after the fact. Those Italian painters knew how to report the news much like our own media reporters jump on it today.
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Date: 9/30/2015 11:30:00 AM
Perhaps his cup was taken without him knowing the hemlock was in it. It would not have been the first time that someone was brought down because of jealousy, envy,or the personal greed they felt. I wonder sometimes about his persona and how he let this happen. Nicely spoken here.
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