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Paper details: Written assignment #1: Socrates/Plato. In our text, read the Apology, pp. 21-28. Keep in mind that Philosophy includes what we know from other disciplines, especially those of history, literature, religion/theology and anthropology. Write an essay on your impressions of Socrates ...

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The Apology


Socrates, as described in the Apology written by Plato, is very unhappy with Greek

society and hopes it can be changed. Defending himself in the court, he gives an impression of a

really smart person with good orator skills. He manages to build his defence without excusing

himself. He has to explain his behaviour in front of citizens of Athens and the court. People are

angry with him because they believe he says gods do not exist. Meletus also says that he corrupts

the youth. Socrates in turn says that he is only trying to show that people who say that they are

wise are in fact not and should not tell society what to do. He blames politicians, poets and

artisans for being ignorant, but saying the opposing. The reason he can say that is because the

god of Delhi said he is the wisest. Socrates does not believe that, so he tries to find someone who

is wiser than he is. Finally, when he fails to do so, he says that what the god was trying to say is

that “He among you is the wisest who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is really worth

nothing at all”. Everyone knows this phrase, “I know that I know nothing”. He then continues to

reject Meletus accusations. But he does it not by saying that he did not corrupt the youth of

Athens, but by saying that Meletus makes no sense.

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