Such was their [“the people of Israel"] progress that the
philosophers of Greece would come to seek knowledge from the learned men of
Israel. Among them was Socrates, who came to Syria and acquired from the
children of Israel the teachings of the oneness of God and the immortality of
the spirit. He then returned to Greece and promulgated these teachings,
whereupon the people of that land rose up in opposition to him, accused him of
impiety, arraigned him before the court, and condemned him to death by poison.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Table talks in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha; ‘Some Answered Questions’ –
2014 revised translation by the Baha’i World Centre)
