Who Killed Socrates, and Why?
Nobody Likes a Smart A$$ Teaching Kids New Stuff
I’m no history major, but I love reading buckets of history books. The way I see the world, the more we study history, humanity, and psychology, the easier it is to find similarities.
The more we find similarities, the easier it shall be to get along.
In this article, we’ll learn about Socrates, who he was, who killed him, and why.
As you will soon learn, if you’re not a student of history, there is a very high cost of challenging the authority.
Kill the Martyrs
Humans have a tragic track record of whacking each other. One of the patterns we’ve established for doing so beyond the ravages of war is naming people who get in our faces too much, martyrs.
Here’s the definition of a martyr:
We still love to make martyrs of those who dare the most to be different.
What the heck?
