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This Greek philosopher was put to death by his fellow Greeks for influencing the youth of his country with too much questioning and doubt for he encouraged everyone to question all their beliefs no matter how sacred or important

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Socrates gained as much immortal acclaim by the way he died, as he did by how he lived. He died by drinking poison hemlock, after an Athenian law court convicted him of corrupting the youth and teaching about strange new gods.

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