Defence Speech In Socrates The Apology

The Apology is a dialogue that consists of Socrates defence speech at his trial in Athens. The term comes from the Greek word ‘Apologia’, meaning ‘speech in defence of’, and not as it may seem an apology for his actions, in fact, it is quite the contrary in which he defends not only himself, but since he is the archetype of the Philosopher, philosophy and the philosophical way of life too. Further arguing that “examining both myself and others is really the very best thing a man can do, and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living”.
Summarily, Socrates emphasises that we are conscious beings, with the ability to acquire knowledge and examine truth, to him if we do not merely take advantage of this ability then we are no