PHIL 1000H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Anytus, Meletus, Socratic Questioning
12 Apr 2019
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Socrates humbles himself as not a fancy speaker but only a speaker of truth. Mentions his fear of being falsely accused is greater than the prosecutor anytus. Addresses his first accusers as gentleman who plagued the minds of youth to stray from free thought socrates indulges in. Rather than defending himself he defends philosophy. They say he is a student of the sky and below the earth. He tries to justify the wrong answer and he does not believe in the gods. Who are the second set of accusers, and what do they say about. Uses elenchus, flips the story to the accusers. =he doesn"t care for the youth- looks to jab at socrates. Socrates tries to pin him as a fraud. Professing to be seriously concerned about none of which . I"ll try to prove that this is so - socrates. Socrates asks who does influence the youth for the better.
