The Trials of Socrates

Was Socrates just putting his points out to the people or testing how much they know? I feel that Socrates should be found not guilty, because I feel that he was just testing how much the people know about their government. He had bravery because he choose to drink the poisoned hemlock, when he could have fled. His obligation though was to his family and he choose his own way. The truth is that he had his own right to do what he wanted. The knowledge is that in those times people were not allowed to just go out and speak their mind. The Athenian Democracy is where rich men rule over all little people.…