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He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great phi
He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great phi
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He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as "the best and most just and wisest man." Yet, this same man was condemned to death for his beliefs.
The man was the Greek philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him.
Socrates method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teaching had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet, for all his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word.
Socrates encouraged new .ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silenced. Yet, many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.
Socrates had the right to ask for a lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence. So, he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison hemlock (毒人参) in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students.
Socrates was condemned to death because he______.
选项
A、believed in law
B、was a philosopher
C、published outspoken philosophical articles
D、advocated original opinions
答案
D
解析
本题考查细节。第二段谈到他被判有罪是因为他不信奉神灵,而且腐蚀年轻人。第四段谈到他鼓励年轻人发表新思想并独立思考,这使得保守派非常害怕,由此可见选项advocated original opinions“提倡新颖的思想”是他被判死刑的原因。最后一段虽然提到因为他是一位法律的坚定的信仰者,所以便没有去争取减刑。第三段最后一句说他自己从未写过一个字,因此就不会发表直言不讳的文章。他是哲学家,但文中没有提到这与他的死有关。故选项A、B、C都被排除。
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