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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1799 words (7.2 pages) in the essay titled The apology1 The Apology, written by Socrates’ student Plato, is a narrative of Socrates addressing the Athens’s Court of Justice for which he states he is on trial for being “an evil doer, and a curious person, who searches into things under the earth and in heaven, and he makes the worse appear the better cause; and he teaches the aforesaid doctrines to others” (Harwood 201). In another passage in the Apology Socrates states others accuse him of not believing in the gods of the state, but in other divinities, and of corrupting the youth.The Apology begins with Socrates asking to be allowed to speak in his accustomed manner as he addresses the jury, referred to as the Athenians. He also asks the jury to answer the question, whether what he says is just or not (Cumming 22). He begins with replying to the older false accusations of his older accusers, whom he felt have or will have more of an influence over the juries verdict. Since Socrates is in his seventies, most of the jury is younger than him. The old accusers are the ones who educated the jury in their youth, and by doing so, Socrates feels they have biased the jury against him with their lies. Socrates also feels that his later accuser, Meletus, a “minor poet with fervent religious convictions” relied on this prejudice when he brought his indictment (Cumming 23). In his defense, Socrates then refers to a comedy play, Aristophanes, in which he states he is falsely portrayed as a nature philosopher. Although Socrates ha... |
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Keywords: socrates, apology, aristophanes, evil doer, cumming, false accusations, answer the question, curious person, school of thought, religious convictions, minor poet, meletus, athenians, juries, harwood, accuser, jurors, prejudices, court of justice, indictment