september 5

Today in class we learned all about Socrates. We said that he was one of the four greatest thinkers and a teacher of another one of those four greatest thinkers. We also learned about Socrates death. As people started to learn more about the planets and the universe, Socrates made some theories. he said that, for example, the sun may be a ball of gas instead of a god riding a flaming chariot through space. This offended the ancient Greeks. They had a ruling and found Socrates guilty. His punishment was forced suicide by hemlock poisoning. A few of Socrates friends and the jail guards arranged Socrates's escape, but Socrates said that he did not want to leave. He drank the cup and died a horrible death in front of many of his friends. Another thing we talked about was Socrates's appearance. he was very ugly, but he said that he was beautiful. His eyes were bulging out of his head: he could see better. His nostrils flared immensely: he could smell far more than anyone else. Socrates was beautiful in his own " special" way.