Socrate's 'Accusers In Socrates'

The first accusers are people who were accusing Socrates’ of wrong doings before Anytus and his friends. Socrates talks about these first accusers as if not totally sure who they are. He states that they have been making accusations against him for a long time and that all of them are false. These people state that Socrates is wise but is doing wrong. “…a student of all things in the sky and below the earth, who makes the worse argument the stronger” (Plato 22). This meaning that Socrates does not believe in the gods at all but in the earth and the sky. They also claim that Socrates can make a weak argument strong by the way you phrase the argument. Socrates denies all of these accusations and states that he is does not know who the first accusers are. …show more content…
Socrates claims that he only holds some human wisdom but the oracle at Delphi claims that Socrates has the most wisdom. Socrates explains that a friend of his, Chaerephon asked the oracle at Delphi if there was anyone more wise than Socrates himself. “He went to Delphi at one time and ventured to ask the oracle…he asked if any man was wiser than I, and the Pythian replied that no one was wiser” (Plato 24). Socrates is confused by the oracle and his words. “What ever does the god mean? What is his riddle? I am very conscious that I am not wise at all…”(Plato 24). Although Socrates wants to believe the oracle, he also does not understand how he himself could be deemed the wisest. This leads to Socrates wanting to question Athenian men on their own