GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Both were historical founders of religions that spread beyond their place of origin.
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Both were sentenced to death by states which felt threatened by their teachings.
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Both were regarded as having divine status by their followers.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He chose to go to trial rather than enter voluntary exile. In his defense speech, he rebutted some but not all elements of the charges and famously declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” After being convicted, he could have proposed a reasonable penalty short of death but initially refused.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike Socrates, Jesus’ death was humiliating, not dignified. Unlike Socrates Jesus did not consider death a friend but an enemy. Unlike Socrates, Jesus did not consider death a sweet release as his soul floated free of his body. Far from it, the Jewish belief system was gritty, earthy, bodily.
Detailed explanation-3: -The death sentence of Socrates was the legal consequence of asking politico-philosophic questions of his students, which resulted in the two accusations of moral corruption and impiety.