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Philosophy, Philosophers, Socrates and impiety - Coggle Diagram
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Philosophers
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Plato
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Beliefs
Expressed doubt on stories of Olympian gods, in particular their immortality
Explored the belief of one greater, cosmic god - henotheism
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Socrates and impiety
Socrates' theories
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He suggests his actions had some kind of divine influence - oracle, daimonion
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His ideas weren't radical given that he came up with no new ideas, but he was controversial as he posed challenging questions
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Plato's apology
He makes it clear that Socrates was not an atheist, he was just engaged in theological thinking
To the Athenian state, Socrates was impious and therefore executed
Plato and Xenophon were both students of Socrates which is how we reconstruct his ideas as Socrates didn't write anything
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