In 399 BC Socrates was condemned to death for corrupting the youth and challenging the gods of the state.
Centuries later, Friedrich Nietzsche contends that it was in fact not Capital Punishment, but Suicide.
For what reason did Socrates choose to drink the poisoned chalice of Hemlock without appeal? What instincts drove him to do so - this man who claimed to be a doctor to the masses?
Going into battle with Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, flouting the 'rules' governing the limits of legitimised argument and thought, Nietzsche turns the idols on their heads and shakes the minae out of their mouths.
Twilight of the Idols was written in 1888, but its insights remain timeless.

#Socrates #Nietzsche #Aristotle #Philosophy #reason #logic

RECOMMENDED READING:

The Twilight of the Idols by Friedrich Nietzsche (Oxford World's Classics): https://amzn.to/2W2Bhyd

The Last Days of Socrates by Plato (Penguin Classics): https://amzn.to/3bMLfdB

Plato's Republic (Penguin Classics): https://amzn.to/35cEnDP

The Organon - Complete Edition - (Logical Works) by Aristotle: https://amzn.to/2KHFEti


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