PHIL 1091 Lecture : Apology by Plato Notes
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Socrates is convicted for corrupting the young and not believing in the gods: true wisdom is knowing that your wisdom is worthless, wisdom means in part to be able to give an account, the poets cannot give meaning to their poems, others may do this better than they, how he defends himself: if he does corrupt these men, he did so unwillingly and should therefore not be prosecuted, if i corrupt others then i in turn make them worse and therefore make myself worse, it is unlikely that the one corrupts the many. Only need a small group of people to be convinced to start a following: if you believe in spiritual things then you believe in spirits, he cites the gods in support of his other arguments, he feels he has been sent by the gods and in the end become prophetic, striking fear in the council, the change in character could be because of:
