首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
自考
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
admin
2013-07-02
87
问题
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 (判刑) 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 teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet, despite 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 in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students.
Socrates readily accepted the death penalty because of______ ( )
选项
A、his disregard for death
B、his disbelief in gods
C、his contempt for conservatives
D、his belief in the legal system
答案
D
解析
苏格拉底接受死刑的原因在最后一段,But Socrates,as a firm believer in law,reasoned that…
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/axrx777K
本试题收录于:
英语阅读(一)题库文史类分类
0
英语阅读(一)
文史类
相关试题推荐
ThomasAlvaEdisonwasawardedmorepatentsoninventionsthananyofotherAmerican.Whenhediedin1931,Americanswonderedh
Somepeoplebelievethatinternationalsportcreatesgoodwillbetweennationsandthat,ifcountriesplaygamestogether,theyw
Intheolddays,whenaglimpseofstockingswaslookeduponassomethingfartooshockingtodistracttheseriousworkofanof
Forthemostpart,rapideconomicdevelopmenthasbeenaboon.Butthereisadownsidetodevelopment—healthproblemssuchaso
Whenyou’renegotiatingwithsomeone,listenforthemessagesthatheorshemightbesendingtoyou.Forexample,theword"dif
"BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath—Hekindlystoppedforme—TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves—AndImmortality."Question
Shakespeare’s______aremainlywrittenundertheprinciplethatnationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessi-ty.
Thedeath-bedscenesoflittleNell(TheOldCuriosityShop)andlittlePaul(DombeyandSon)arethevividdescriptionby______.
IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho’ervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffod
随机试题
跟肝风内动有关的舌象是
下列甾体类药物中含有孕甾烷母核结构的是
A.行政许一B.行政处罚C.行政复议D.行政诉讼E.行政指导
甲、乙、丙三国均为南极地区相关条约缔约国。甲国加入条约前,曾对南极某区域提出过领土要求。乙国在成为条约缔约国后,在南极建立了常年考察站。丙国利用自己靠近南极的地理优势,准备在南极大规模开发旅游。依《南极条约》和相关制度,下列哪一判断是正确的?()
软土地区的铁路工程采取土样要求,正确的是()。
图1-1-23为某城市新区主干路AB与次干路CD交叉口规划平面图,规划主干路AB的横断面为双向6条机动车道三块板布置,次干路CD的横断面为双向4条机动车道一块板布置。交叉口设置了5个公交停靠站,其中2、3、5号站为直行、右转公交站,1、4号站为左转公交站,
根据土地增值税相关规定,关于房地产转让的说法,正确的是()。
某公司的招聘面试,同志小张参加,后来,他得到了下面的消息:(1)公司决定他与小李至少会录用一人。(2)公司可能不录用他。(3)公司一定会录用他。(4)公司已经录用小李。这四条消息,两条消息为真,两条为假,那
抗日民主政权的“三三制”原则是指()
ItwasdeclaredthatCarlaMeyerswouldtemporarilytakeoverasPenningtonBank’schieffinancialofficerafterJoshuaGreenber
最新回复
(
0
)