An idea from The Trial and Death of Socrates

Suppose the jury let him go on condition that he stop asking questions. He told them he would refuse: “I shall obey God rather than you”. He would keep asking each citizen why he cared so much about money and reputation and so little about his soul.

From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato

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