Socrates then moves his focus on the argumentation on to Meletus directly; he engages Meletus, in a defense dialogue, in which he focuses in two main points. Socrates first point states that no man wishes to be harmed or evil upon himself. He mentions that if he does evil, evil in turn will come back to him to hurt him. Hence, he states that for him to intentionally corrupt the youth is unlikely, for if he did corrupt the youth it was done unintentionally and if it was unintentional, then there is no need to take him to court for it. He tells Meletus, that he should be told aside in private about his behavior and instruct him, hence if he knew better he would stop his behavior immediately, instead, he dragged him to court where the laws
