The Trial and Death of Socrates -- Part Four

[Matador13th]

Wow ... deep!

[tezkurtlipoca]

fascinating material. i like your other videos, too.

[shafia87]

well read buddy...

[redkeithh]

Now I know what the rather fantastic charges against Faust likely amounted to. The original Faust was an itinerant scholar, and it was said that in his lectures he brought to life the famous figures of bygone eras,  in the flesh .

[mikeybrumbrum]

Actually, if you took stefbots normal manner, and perhaps slowed it down a bit, like that !

Angry and emotional, but somposed (socrates, i men - lol).

solemn to start off with, then just "as it is"

[vikingaprinsessan]

Whoa that accent is so... interesting.

[WhereAreYouArienette]

BRAVO!!!

[elkampong]

Bravo, sir! Bravo!!

[Valelacerte]

I don't think I could have really appreciated the cruelty, stupidity, sadness and waste of the verdict, had you not put so much emotion into it - thanks Stef. Looking forward to the conclusion.

[Sarifus]

Wow. I had thought you'd indeed have to be a good actor, judging from your presentation in your other videos. You have a fascinating channel =). This speech followed a lot of things I've thought about before, and I enjoy seeing your other videos as well.

Regards,

Steven.

[LatinYoung20]

great great performance Stef! Awsome!

[xelenty]

Stef.. Can I say in all gushing admiration.. That was wonderfully narrated..

[cartekk]

Very moving stefbot ... great indeed.

Indeed... :)

[Adipatus]

The real Socrates was too proud and self-important and macho to cry like a woman in the presence of his unrighteous and worthless accusers.

[magichandpuppet]

Wow! I never thought that Socrates could bring me to the verge of tears! Well done :)

[gminton88]

Amazingly powerful video.

[sigatus]

I like the new background.

[conradilius]

It would have more value if there were at least a little commentary on the text instead of reading it with tacky theatrics.

[yetdeeplyinept]

Nice headset.

[dethjer]

The Death of Socrates preformed by Stefan Molyneux.Fantastic.

[dreaminginnoother]

you conjure tears for this one? Your under eye's gettin shiny

[Ape65]

Somehow I doubt Socrates would have become all weepy at the end.

[Adipatus]

I totally agree with you on this comment, Ape 65. See my comment.

This is a great video in that it portrays Socrates' brilliant display of his philosophical workmanship, and his own ethos.

But he left the crying to his friends and disciples and to his female kin. Socrates had too much contempt for his accusers to give them the satisfaction of seeing him a broken man.

Also, the thrust of his entire oration was that he would rather die than live afraid of dying, which was a Greek attitude.

[sumadartsan]

"But he left the crying to his friends and disciples and to his female kin. " Very interesting.  Do we have anything that would indicate his manner during these speeches? Or is it just these texts we have?

[mikeybrumbrum]

You can find out the manner, by constantly repeating the words, out loud.

It usually only works properly, in one way.

Although, i should reckon it was Solemn !!

[mrunpronounceable01]

Hey Stef, thanks so much for this.

[dgrakovsky]

minteko - shut up. give some respect, will you? Let me see you make a video and I will see what you have to say.

[overmind25]

Socrates was great and I am glad you finally did a series on him.

[Textra1]

"He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth."

[chris3443]

A more relevant issue than how to live a good life? Good luck finding one minteko.