Socrates is a wrongdoer because he corrupts the youth and does not believe in the gods… — Plato
Socrates is a wrongdoer because he corrupts the youth and does not believe in the gods the state believes in, but in other new spiritual beings.
In the original Greek
Σωκράτη φησὶν ἀδικεῖν τούς τε νέους διαφθείροντα καὶ θεοὺς οὓς ἡ πόλις
Apology · 339 BC
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Plato. "Apology." Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, translated by John M. Cooper and G. M. A. Grube. Hackett Publishing Company, 2002, sect. 24b-24c.
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Plato. Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους [Apology of Socrates]. c. 339 BC, sect. 24b-24c.
