“He was accused of impiety and corruption of youth. But why all this? Socrates apparently wasn’t doing anything dangerous. He simply asked questions, speaking with everyone: nobles, common citizens, and young people.

However, his questions, in their frankness and simplicity, demolished the certainties of his interlocutors—forcing them to confront the emptiness of their own certainties and the incoherence of their reasoning. He taught us to doubt. Socrates was a character who was too uncomfortable because of the doubts he inculcated. He had the audacity to expose corrupt politicians and false teachers who advocated false truths and false knowledge.

For this, he was sentenced to death. He was a threat to the status quo, a danger that needed to be eliminated. During the trial, Socrates did not want to repent or beg for mercy, and he refused to be assisted by a professional orator.”