In one account, this thinker is said to have suggested that he pay a fine of 30 mina; in another account he refuses to suggest any such compromise. This thinker advanced what has been called the Theory of Recollection, which states that our souls remember their previous lives. He referred to himself as "a gadfly" to his fellow citizens and frequently praised the virtues of Sparta. This philosopher told the Athenians that the Delphic Oracle had declared him the wisest man alive, but they convicted him of corrupting the youth anyway. For 10 points, name this Greek philosopher whose death by hemlock was described by auth
In one account, this thinker is said to have suggested that he pay a fine of 30 mina; in another account he refuses to suggest any such compromise. This thinker advanced what has been called the Theory of Recollection, which states that our souls remember their previous lives. He referred to himself as "a gadfly" to his fellow citizens and frequently praised the virtues of Sparta. This philosopher told the Athenians that the Delphic Oracle had declared him the wisest man alive, but they convicted him of corrupting the youth anyway. For 10 points, name this Greek philosopher whose death by hemlock was described by authors like Xenophon and Plato.
In one account, this thinker is said to have suggested that he pay a fine of 30 mina; in another account he refuses to suggest any such compromise.
Socrates