Being that Socrates’ used heresy and reasoning to support his stance, that alone invalidates his position for it is untrustworthy. In addition, this analogy set up the remainder of his position causing his overall argument to suffer due to lack of a solid foundation. For example, a subpart of this accusation is that he intentionally is corrupting the youth. Menelaus believes he is guilty of this because he teaches the youth the explore and examine life’s unanswered questions rather than accept what they are being told. Socrates agrees that he does indeed teach this but argues that these teachings are not what’s corrupting the youth. Socrates downfall in this section was that too much emphasis was put on whether this act was intentional or unintentional. More explanation should have been given to support this viewpoint than the fact if it was done deliberately or
Being that Socrates’ used heresy and reasoning to support his stance, that alone invalidates his position for it is untrustworthy. In addition, this analogy set up the remainder of his position causing his overall argument to suffer due to lack of a solid foundation. For example, a subpart of this accusation is that he intentionally is corrupting the youth. Menelaus believes he is guilty of this because he teaches the youth the explore and examine life’s unanswered questions rather than accept what they are being told. Socrates agrees that he does indeed teach this but argues that these teachings are not what’s corrupting the youth. Socrates downfall in this section was that too much emphasis was put on whether this act was intentional or unintentional. More explanation should have been given to support this viewpoint than the fact if it was done deliberately or