Which philosopher, teacher of Plato, was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock for 'corrupting the youth'?

• A Aristotle
• B Epicurus
• C Diogenes
• D Socrates ✓

Socrates (c. 470-399 BCE) was condemned to death by an Athenian jury, charged with impiety and corrupting the youth; he accepted the sentence and drank hemlock, becoming a martyr for philosophy.