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To understand how this can be true, we must understand how Socrates taught.
为了了解这是否是真实的，我们必须了解苏格拉底是如何教课的。
Socrates taught by asking questions. Through this, he challenged his students to develop and explain their own arguments.
苏克拉底通过提问问题来教课。这样，他提出问题，学生来提出、解释他们自己的看法。
In many cases, his questions made his students aware of their own errors.
很多情况，他的问题让学生们意识到自己的错误。
Many students got embarrassed and even angry when this happened, while others changed their opinions.
当这种情况发生时，很多学生感到尴尬甚至气恼，其他的学生就改变了自己的观点。
Socrates' way of approaching the truth is now called the Socratic Method.
苏格拉底的探求真理的方式现在被称为“苏格拉底法”。
The idea of asking questions until you reach the right answer is the basis of modern philosophy and science.
提问问题直到得到正确答案的观点是现代哲学和科学的基础。
Unfortunately for him, Socrates questioned too much.
他是很不幸的，苏格拉底问题问得太多了。
He always asked challenging questions to everyone he met, upsetting many people in Athens.
凡是他遇到的人，他都会问一些挑战性的问题，这让很多在雅典的人焦虑。
Finally, some people had enough of him, so they took him to court for questioning the existence of the Greek gods and for corrupting the young people of Athens.
最终，一些人对他忍无可忍，于是便把他送上了法庭，罪名是质疑腊众神的存在和腐蚀雅典的年轻人。
At his trial, he defended himself by asking his judges yet more questions.
在审判中，他为自己辩护，问了法官很多问题。
This just made a bad situation worse.
这让情况变得雪上加霜。
Finally he was put to death by being forced to drink poison.
最后，他被强行喝下毒药，判处死刑。
Through his death, Socrates became the hero of all people who search for the truth.
他的死亡，苏格拉底成为了所有寻求真理的人的英雄。
