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The Death of Socrates (French: La Mort de Socrate) is an oil on canvas painted by French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1787. The painting was part of the neoclassical style, popular in the 1780s, that depicted subjects from the Classical age, in this case the story of the execution of Socrates as told by Plato in his Phaedo. [1]
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787. Socrates concluded that “a man, who is one of the god’s possessions, should not kill himself ‘until the god sends some compulsion upon him, as he sends compulsion on us at present'”. [6] He thus saw one who died by suicide as condemnable, even though he did so himself.
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Jacques-Louis David: The Death of Socrates ; Artist: Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) ... Warning signs of suicide; Western painting; Talk:Suicide/Archive 4; Talk ...
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David (1787) Forced suicide was a common means of execution in ancient Greece and Rome. As a mark of respect it was generally reserved for aristocrats sentenced to death; the victims would either drink hemlock or fall on their swords. Economic motivations prompted some suicides in ancient Rome.
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The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). Socrates was visited by friends in his last night in prison. His discussion with them gave rise to Plato's Crito and Phaedo. [68] Socrates was given the chance to offer alternative punishments for himself after being found guilty.