Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah
I fear that this is the only answer I will be receiving from you, O Lord. I do not know the heart of [...]
ὁ δὲ Ξέρξης, μαθὼν ὅτι ἀτραπός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τὸ ὄρος φέρουσα, μάλα χαίρων ἔπεμψα τὸν Ὑδάρνην, στρατηγὸν ὄντα ἄριστον, καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας ὧν ἐστρατήγει ὁ Ὑδάρνης. ὡρμῶντο δὲ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου, ἡγεῖτο δὲ αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἐφιάλτης. αὕτη δὲ ἡ ἀτραπὸς ἄρχεται ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀσωποῦ ποταμοῦ. οἱ οὖν Πέρσαι τὸν Ἀσωπὸν [...]
Psalm 28:1 To you, O Lord , I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit
I would that you be my rock, O God, but instead all I hear is silence when I call to you. [...]
“τῇ δ᾿ ὑστεραίᾳ οἱ βάρβαροι αὖθις προσβάλοντες οὐδὲν ἄμεινον ἔπραττον ἢ τῇ προτεραίᾳ. ὡς οὖν ἠπόρει ὁ Ξέρξης, προσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀνήρ τις τῶν Ἑλλήνων, Ἐφιάλτης ὀνόματι, ἔφρασέ τε τὴν ἀτραπὸν τὴν διὰ τοῦ ὄρους φέρουσαν εἰς τὰς Θερμοπύλας. ταῦτα δὲ μαθὼν ὁ Ξέρξης τοὺς ἀθανάτους ταύτῃ ἔπεμψεν, κελεύων αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν [...]
“ἐπεὶ ὁ Ξέρξης, βασιλεὺς ὢν τῶν Περσῶν, τὸν στόλον παρεσκεύαζεν, ἐν νῷ ἔχων πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα καταστρέψασθαι, οἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων πρῶτοι συνῆλθον εἰς τὴν Κόρινθον καὶ ἐσκόπουν τὶ δεῖ πράττειν. πολὺν δὲ χρόνον ἠπόρουν· μείζονα γὰρ στρατὸν εἶχεν ὁ Ξέρξης ἢ πάντες οἱ Ἕλληνες καὶ πλέονας ναῦς. τέλος δὲ ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς τοὺς βαρβάρους [...]
Matthew 11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him
Choose me, O Lord. And if you do not find me worthy of [...]
Irwin identifies three distinct claims that are used in support of the conclusion that Socrates demonstrated anti-democratic tendencies. These are:
The prosecution of Socrates was motivated by suspicions of him being an anti-democratic influence
That Socrates in fact had anti-democratic protégés.
That Socrates has demonstrable anti-democratic views.
Irwin then proceeds through each of these claims, reviewing the available [...]
As written in my previous account, I believe that the Apology itself gives us sufficient material to convict Socrates on the charges as presented in the Apology. Socrates readily admits to believing in spiritual forces outside of the traditional Greek religious framework and that he does not necessarily accepting the traditional account regarding the [...]