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Comparing Socrates And Jesus In Plato's Apology

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In Plato’s Apology, Plato records the trial and sentence of his teacher, Socrates, who is accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates is tried and sentenced to death for his actions. Similarly, the Christian Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth is tried and sentenced to death for his actions. Through various similarities between the lives and teachings of Socrates and Jesus, the theme is established that new ideas are unlikely to be accepted in complacent societies. The most evident similarity that Jesus and Socrates share is that both are teachers whose teachings are rejected by higher authority. In the Book of John, Jesus teaches, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Although Jesus’s accusers
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