GOVT-105 FA2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Meletus, Anytus
29 Jan 2017
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Govt-105 textbook note #1 plato"s apology. Socrates says he is not a clever speaker as he has been accused of being unless a clever speaker is one who speaks the truth. Asks the jury to forgive him if he speaks the way he does in the marketplace and to focus on the content of his speech instead of the style it is delivered in. Socrates addresses old accusations before the new ones; he is accused of: A scientist who investigates things under the earth and in the heavens. A sophist who makes weak ideas stronger. Based on these accusations, socrates" accusers say he does not believe in the gods. Aristophanes" clouds gives a negative portrayal of socrates. Chaerophon asks the pythia at delphi if there is anyone wiser than socrates and the pythia says there is not. Socrates does not believe the pythia and tries to find a wiser man.
