Plato's The Apology
During the 428 B.C. to 348 B.C., in Athens Greece, wise man maned, Plato lived during 428 B.C. to 348 B.C. During that time, In 399 B.C, there was a Apology of Socrates, which was a trial during which the philosopher Socrates , where he was charged with many charges, he was able to defended himself..The Apology recreates the speech that Socrates made during the trial. The term “apology” that was used in the Socrates and Plato, has a different meaning from it is now. In the time of socrates, the word “apologia ” that is define as a defense, or a speech that is used during a defense.
Once said by Plato, “I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.” In the Plato's The Apology, is a speech that was given in a trail for Socrates because he was charged with problems. All the time, as a very educated man, Socrates give a very tune, and an conversational speech to give his point across many people. He tells them that he has never been in a law court and, therefore he speaks in a manner way, with honesty. I believe that the way he choose to speak in the court made him more of a trustworthy person. “I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher …show more content…
His actual punishment was the death penalty. Death penalty in my opinion, should be only for people who commit big crimes, including death of someone else life, However; not believing in Gods in a city should not be punishment with death penalty, therefore this shows how uneducated the old people were.I feel like socrates was successful in proving his innocence because he was able to speak in a very honesty way to support his evidences. He was always proving himself right with proving stories of how wise he
During the 428 B.C. to 348 B.C., in Athens Greece, wise man maned, Plato lived during 428 B.C. to 348 B.C. During that time, In 399 B.C, there was a Apology of Socrates, which was a trial during which the philosopher Socrates , where he was charged with many charges, he was able to defended himself..The Apology recreates the speech that Socrates made during the trial. The term “apology” that was used in the Socrates and Plato, has a different meaning from it is now. In the time of socrates, the word “apologia ” that is define as a defense, or a speech that is used during a defense.
Once said by Plato, “I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.” In the Plato's The Apology, is a speech that was given in a trail for Socrates because he was charged with problems. All the time, as a very educated man, Socrates give a very tune, and an conversational speech to give his point across many people. He tells them that he has never been in a law court and, therefore he speaks in a manner way, with honesty. I believe that the way he choose to speak in the court made him more of a trustworthy person. “I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher …show more content…
His actual punishment was the death penalty. Death penalty in my opinion, should be only for people who commit big crimes, including death of someone else life, However; not believing in Gods in a city should not be punishment with death penalty, therefore this shows how uneducated the old people were.I feel like socrates was successful in proving his innocence because he was able to speak in a very honesty way to support his evidences. He was always proving himself right with proving stories of how wise he