I read I.F. Stone’s ‘The Trial of Socrates,’ several years ago - before the January 6th Insurrection in Washington, D.C. Almost needless to say, the parallels are self-evident, and frightening. A charismatic authoritarian leader incites his followers to attempt an overthrow of democracy. Arrest. Trial. Conviction. Sentence. These last four legalities yet to be confirmed presently.

Socrates may have been a brilliant philosopher, but he was no democrat. The charge of seditious conspiracy is demonstrable, and for a second time in the retrial of Socrates, it may be historically provable.