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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 Ref
Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.25
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| 2 | We should not even harm someone who harms us [Socrates] |
| 345 | A good man cannot be harmed, either in life or in death [Socrates] |
| 344 | If death is like a night of dreamless sleep, such nights are very pleasant [Socrates] |
| 341 | Wealth is good if it is accompanied by virtue [Socrates] |
| 347 | Will I stand up against the law, simply because I have been unjustly judged? [Socrates] |
| 346 | One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation [Socrates] |
| 338 | Socrates is accused of denying the gods, saying sun is stone and moon is earth [Socrates, by Plato] |