If it were really true that culture corrupts youths, as states the fictitious accusation and which had been voiced in the process against Socrates, there was nothing to do but extirpate it.
Si fuese realmente cierto que la cultura corrompe a la juventud, como sostiene la acusación ficticia y como tantas veces se había manifestado desde el proceso contra Sócrates, no había más remedio que extirparla.