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he doesn't have his feet on the ground.
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And Socrates is shown not only mocking the Gods in doing this,
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but he is shown by Aristophanes to teach incest and to teach
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all of the things that violate every decent, human taboo--incest,
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the beating of one's parents, all these kinds of things.
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Socrates is presented as exhibiting kind of a corrosive skepticism
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which is at the core of Aristophanes' charge against him.
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To make a long story short, the play concludes with Socrates'
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think tank being burned to the ground by a disgruntled disciple.
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An object lesson for all later professors, I would say,
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who teach nonsense.
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Don't get any ideas.