Socrates Accusers Essay

Socrates made a very thorough and seemingly honest account of the charges held against him. He provided an in depth explanation as to why he has so many accusers but also how their reasons to accuse him were made up and driven by hate and jealousy. Having many accusers as well as accusations, the main charges brought up against him are of corrupting the youth and how he is an atheist by teaching of divinities that are not by the state. First, I will explain, from his account, how he did not corrupt the youth. Finally, I will discuss the points that led me to believe that Socrates is not an atheist
One of the charges brought up against Socrates is that he is an evil-doer and teaches unapproved teachings. Socrates begins to explain the charge against him and proceeds to declare that he has nothing to do with the nature of the teachings he was accused for. He calls to the witnesses that have had …show more content…
The accusers are accusing Socrates of believing in supernatural phenomena in his own mind and not believing in the gods of the state. To prove that the charge is wrong Socrates shows that he needs to believe in the gods to some extent. He states that it is impossible to believe in musical matters without believing in musicians, or equine matters without believing in horses, believe in human cases without believing in human beings and must be comparable to believe in the supernatural things without believing in supernatural things. But, the accuser, Meletus, states that Socrates believes and teaches to the community to believe in divinities other than the state. Even if if might not have been in the gods of the state, Meletus contradicts himself and makes it clear that SOcrates does believe in gods. Socrates points out the only supernatural beings in this world are people and children that states they come from the gods. Therefore Socrates does believe in the