Why Was Socrates Guilty

In 399 BCE, Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology, p. 202). He asked many questions of people, making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate, he killed himself, denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order, specifically children minding adults, and leading a peaceful existence. Because of this, Confucius would have found Socrates guilty. The main reason why Confucius would have found Socrates guilty is because Socrates was causing the youths, assumed to be males who are old