Today in our western civilization class, we finished up the documentary “crucible of change.” Today was focused mainly on Socrates- the ancient Greek philosopher. During a war with Sparta, Athens was hit by a plague killing 1/3 of the population, including Paracleithes and all of his sons. There were no “higher” people left to rule, so the democracy was led by “mob rule- whoever could stir up the crowd the most.” The citizens decided to try to take over Sicily, which the only outcome of that was Athens was destroyed. Since Athens became so weak, Sparta and Persia teamed up to attack, leaving them with nothing but 12 ships and torn down city walls. Searching for someone to blame, they chose Socrates. Socrates was tried and put to death, while Aristotle and Plato carried on his legacy.
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