PHL 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Smart People, John Studebaker, Hackett Publishing Company
8 Feb 2015
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In plato" apology, socrates is given the opportunity during his trial to plead to the jury why he is not at fault and therefore should not be punished for the crimes he was accused of. Accusations that consisted of people believing socrates was corrupting the youth of athens and disrupting the people. In order to plead his case socrates goes though each of his acquisitions and gives his side of the story. This becomes apparent when a true understanding is reached of why socrates is talking to these people and questioning them about certain things. This is very well illustrated in the reasoning behind all of socrates"s actions as he was simply just trying to talk to the athenians and listen to what they have to say. Further analyzing each of socrates"s actions and his behaviours around the jury and people of.
