Plato’s short book “The Apology” centers around the famous philosopher Socrates’ trial for his life. Because a fellow Athenian, Metelus, had brought charges upon him on counts of atheism and corruption of the local youth, Socrates should plead to the jury to spare him, but he does not. Instead, he arrogantly condescends the jury with his claims of being the wiser than anyone else on authority of the oracle at Delphi. Socrates began his case with talking about how he had two groups of accusers: the first accusers and the later accusers. He talked about how over the years he had formed a very unforgiving crowd that did not like him or what he taught and that the hate for him had been passed down through generations. Socrates argued that he had
