Arguement_That_Socrates_Does_Believe_In_Athenian_Gods

Arguement That Socrates Does Believe In Athenian Gods Back in Socrates’ day, it was easy to be charged with crimes. Some of those charges may have a good reason behind it, others may be indicted for a foolish reason. One of the charges brought against Socrates was that he did believe in the same gods as the city of Athens. The only reason Socrates found himself facing the jurors was that several people in Athens disliked him because he seemed to be wiser than they were and he was able to embarrass them. It did not matter whether the accusation was true or not. The only way for Socrates to be found innocent was for to make a convincing enough plea, or “apology”, to appease the members of the jury. Although the verdict found him to be guity, Socrates should have been found innocent on the charge that he did not believe in the same gods as the city of Athens because he makes several references to different gods, he insists that he believes in daimonia, and he explains how it is impossible for him to believe in daimonic gods and not other gods. Throughout his apology, Socrates often refers to several gods gods, socrates, believe, meletus, daimons, believes, athens, several, same, jury, believing, because, one, children, city, says, reason, know, even, belief, afterlife, true, socrates’, references, others, makes, jurors, impossible, found, fact, explains, either, daimonia, asks, agrees