Single Idea 338

[catalogued under 28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism]

Full Idea

Socrates denies the gods, because he says the sun is stone and the moon is earth.

Gist of Idea

Socrates is accused of denying the gods, saying sun is stone and moon is earth

Source

report of Socrates (reports of last days [c.399 BCE]) by Plato - The Apology 26d

Book Reference

Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.25