Trial of Socrates
Plato’s Meno (84c):
Σωκράτης
οἴει οὖν ἂν αὐτὸν πρότερον ἐπιχειρῆσαι ζητεῖν ἢ μανθάνειν τοῦτο ὃ ᾤετο εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, πρὶν εἰς ἀπορίαν κατέπεσεν ἡγησάμενος μὴ εἰδέναι, καὶ ἐπόθησεν τὸ εἰδέναι;
Μένων
οὔ μοι δοκεῖ, ὦ Σώκρατες.
Σωκράτης
σκέψαι δὴ ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἀπορίας ὅτι καὶ ἀνευρήσει ζητῶν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ, οὐδὲν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ
Socrates did not necessarily want to die. But being physically dead was preferable to being made mouth-dead by the state
So much of Socrates’ behaviour at his trial can be explained with him being an ENTP
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