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Socrates (French: Socrate) is a 1759 French play in three acts written by Voltaire. It is set in Ancient Greece during the events just before the trial and death of Greek philosopher Socrates. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion. The main characters besides the titular role is that of the priest , his entourage, Socrates' wife Xantippe, several judges, and some children Socrates has adopted as his own.

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  • Socrate ist eine unaufgeführtes Drama in drei Aufzügen von Voltaire in Prosa, ein angebliches Stück des schottischen Dichters James Thomson, übersetzt von einem M. Fatéma aus dem Jahr 1759. (de)
  • Socrates (French: Socrate) is a 1759 French play in three acts written by Voltaire. It is set in Ancient Greece during the events just before the trial and death of Greek philosopher Socrates. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion. The main characters besides the titular role is that of the priest , his entourage, Socrates' wife Xantippe, several judges, and some children Socrates has adopted as his own. Like more historical accounts by Herodotus, Plato, and Xenophon, the playwright shows Socrates as a moral individual charged with baseless accusations by a conspiracy of corrupt Athenians or Athenian officials although Voltaire implies that the wrongdoers are a select few. Unlike the historical account, Socrates deals with several judges, whereas his real life counterpart receives his punishment of death by hemlock by a jury of 500 Athenians. The presence or mention of Socrates' best-known students such as Plato, Antisthenes, Aristippus, and others are replaced by unnamed disciples, delivering only a few token lines at the end of the play. Socrates is also portrayed as a monotheist and a victim of religious persecution, an interpretation that is not generally shared by modern scholars and historians. Generally, this is not the most well-known of his works in comparison with Letters on the English which Voltaire published in 1734 or the Dictionnaire philosophique published earlier in 1764. However, hints of his contempt for government and religion are apparent here which later influenced the leaders of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. (en)
  • Socrate' is een Frans satirisch toneelstuk geschreven door de verlichter Voltaire in de 18e eeuw. Het toneelstuk bestaat uit drie stukken. Het gaat over Socrates tijdens zijn bemoeienis met de regering. Belangrijke bijfiguren zijn de priester Anitus en de vrouw van Socrates, Xantippe. Voltaire heeft Socrates afgeschilderd als een filosoof met slecht beargumenteerde verklaringen en beschuldigingen. Zijn kijk op Socrates verschilt van hedendaagse wetenschappers op het gebied van filosofie. Voltaire was echter een van de aanstichters van de Verlichting. Hij heeft betere werken geschreven, bijvoorbeeld Dictionaire Philosophique en Oedipe. (nl)
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  • Socrate ist eine unaufgeführtes Drama in drei Aufzügen von Voltaire in Prosa, ein angebliches Stück des schottischen Dichters James Thomson, übersetzt von einem M. Fatéma aus dem Jahr 1759. (de)
  • Socrates (French: Socrate) is a 1759 French play in three acts written by Voltaire. It is set in Ancient Greece during the events just before the trial and death of Greek philosopher Socrates. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion. The main characters besides the titular role is that of the priest , his entourage, Socrates' wife Xantippe, several judges, and some children Socrates has adopted as his own. (en)
  • Socrate' is een Frans satirisch toneelstuk geschreven door de verlichter Voltaire in de 18e eeuw. Het toneelstuk bestaat uit drie stukken. Het gaat over Socrates tijdens zijn bemoeienis met de regering. Belangrijke bijfiguren zijn de priester Anitus en de vrouw van Socrates, Xantippe. Voltaire heeft Socrates afgeschilderd als een filosoof met slecht beargumenteerde verklaringen en beschuldigingen. Zijn kijk op Socrates verschilt van hedendaagse wetenschappers op het gebied van filosofie. (nl)
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  • Socrate (de)
  • Socrate (toneelstuk) (nl)
  • Socrates (Voltaire) (en)
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