If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?

So, anyone I invite is sure to come, even if they’re dead? I guess yes.

Then I would invite Jesus, Socrates, and Nietzsche.

Many of you ask: Why this combination?

Let’s begin with Socrates, since he lived before Jesus. Socrates was sentenced to death on the accusation of impiety and corrupting the youth in Athens in 399 BCE. Socrates had the choice to ask to be exiled from Athens. However, according to Plato, he asked to be boarded and lodged for the rest of his life for all he had offered the state of Athens, and/or he also proposed a fine of one mina of silver as a penalty.  But in the end, as we know, he was sentenced to death and chose to drink a potion of hemlock.

Jesus was also sentenced to death. Well, at this time, the Romans were more oppressive and tyrannical with their death sentences and crucified Jesus. Now, accusations against Jesus were very similar to the ones Socrates had been accused of. The allegations against him were that he was blasphemous and incited people to revolt against the Roman authority.

Last, but not least, why Nietzsche? Nietzsche once said or wrote in his Zarathustra, “God is Dead.” For that reason, I’m very curious what Jesus would say to him when they meet at dinner, which I host. Another reason is that Nietzsche possessed a profound knowledge of the ancient world, particularly the ancient Greeks.  Especially, the Apollonian and the Dionysian, as we can read in “The Birth of Tragedy.” Witnessing a meeting between him and Socrates would also be very intriguing, since Socrates was against the written word.

All in all, I’m pretty sure that this would be a fascinating dinner, but I think the focus would lie on the conversation rather than the food.

PS I know the title of the prompt is a bit macabre, but all my guests are dead.