Although the official charges against Socrates are clear, there are deeper reasons he is being persecuted by his Athenian enemies. What are these deeper reasons, and what lessons can you draw from your interpretation about the troubles people face when they are committed to speaking the truth?

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Although the official charges against Socrates are clear, there are deeper reasons he is being persecuted by his Athenian enemies.

The deeper reasons why Socrates was persecuted were the following. Powerful people from Athens felt threatened. Socrates was a wise man that had a big influence over the young Athenian students, and that was risky for the powerful ones.

Socrates taught his students to use logic to think so they could never be manipulated. And that was another big risk for the powerful ones. He empowered his students to believe in them, not in the Greek Gods.

That is why he was accused of impiety and for corrupting the young Athenians.

The lesson I can draw from my interpretation about the troubles people face when they are committed to speaking the truth is that weak people, I mean insecure, felt that the truth can be a threat to the way things are or the power they exert.

The worst thing for the powers that want to control and exert influence is another individual who teaches other people to use their own mind to think logically because by doing that, people can be conscious of inequities and injustices and can rebel against the established power.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]