If every person with true knowledge of a subject has to live in fear of persecution or punishment, how will we as a society be able to grow and flourish in new directions of growth? How can we simply describe our thoughts and knowledge as truth or fact and have it publicly announced without approval of higher powers and businesses who have more interest in false truths and expediences than the well-being of their own human brethren? Socrates didn't believe in the political control and widespread approval of higher authorities over the importance and need of truthful knowledge and learning so why should we?
Socrates argues that he could not have intentionally corrupted Athenian youth through two premises: The first being that he would certainly not want to live amongst those who have been corrupted- after all, why would he want to interact with a society whose beliefs are askew? And he supplements this with his second premise- if he did want to live amongst those he corrupted; it could only be because he was mad, and therefore his corruption would be unintentional... displayed 300 characters
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He reasons that those who are mad should not be killed, but institutionalized instead. But could he be wrong? Could those that today's society deem mad really be sane? After all, a man who theorizes a conspiracy concocted by the government to cover up crimes of treason, blackmail, extortion, or even murder could have some truth to it... displayed 300 characters
