Socrates - Socrates - Plato’s Apology: Although in none of Plato’s dialogues is Plato himself a conversational partner or even a witness to a conversation, in the Apology Socrates says that Plato is one of several friends in the audience. In this way Plato lets us know that he was an eyewitness of the trial and therefore in the best possible position to write about it. The other account we.
The charge of impiety. Socrates spends a large part of his speech trying to persuade his fellow citizens that he is indeed a pious man, because his philosophical mission has been carried out in obedience to the god who presides at Delphi.It is remarkable that this is nearly the only positive argument he offers, in Plato’s Apology, to support his claim that he is a pious man.
Reading Plato’s Apology. The Old Accusers (18b-20c) Socrates divides his accusers into two camps: the old accusers and the new accusers (Any-tus and Meletus). In this section, Socrates addresses the charges leveled against him by his old accusers. His aim, he says, is to eliminate any prejudices that may have been held against him from.
Analysis Of Apology by Plato Apology, written by Plato, outlines what occurred during Socrates’ trial. Socrates was on trial because he was accused of being a doer of evil, corrupter of the youth, and not believing in the gods. His charges where those often used against philosophers. Apology tells about.
In this essay I used Apology by Plato as the main resource, since it contents a more full account of the trial of Socrates and his words. Despite the fact that the philosopher attempted to defend himself and explain the reasons for saying and doing the things he did, it did not do any good for his justification.