What truth is so important that you'd choose death over abandoning it?

Drake and Holly examine Socrates' final days and his shocking refusal to escape execution. Through his choice to drink hemlock rather than flee Athens, they explore what it means to live - and die - with philosophical integrity, and why Socrates saw his death as the ultimate teaching moment.

• Socrates' trial and the charges against him

• Why his friends' escape plan was refused

• The difference between life and a life worth living

• How integrity becomes more valuable than survival

• The unexamined life as not worth living

• Death as the final philosophical argument

• What corrupting the youth really meant

Philosophical Martyrdom: Choosing death to preserve the integrity of one's teachings and beliefs The Examined Life: Socrates' principle that constant self-inquiry is essential to human flourishing Civic Duty: The paradox of accepting unjust punishment to honour just laws

"If living means betraying everything I've taught, then I've already died - the hemlock just makes it official."

Identify one principle you compromise regularly for comfort or acceptance. What would change if you fully honoured it?

• Plato, The Apology

• Plato, Crito

• Xenophon, Memorabilia

• I.F. Stone, The Trial of Socrates

About Ab Immemorabili: Ancient wisdom meets modern minds. Join Drake & Holly for explorations of philosophy, consciousness, and transformation.

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