# Who are you - Galileo or Socrates?

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**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-galileo-or-socrates/462309 "2008-09-06T06:46:22Z")\
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My view of the question is strongly colored by the impression of Socrates that I.F. Stone presented in _ **The Trial of Socrates** _. Basically, he made the case that Socrates was the very prototype of the left-wing crank, who chose martyrdom/ suicide-by-execution to vindicate his views.

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