Loss Of Innocence In Socrates's Apology

Socrates commences by making a serious request to the jury to listen to him. He also asks them to forgive him if he begins to talk in the way he usually does. The people accusing him have already spoken out against him. They warn the jury of his persuasive way of speaking and how he might seem convincing as he is professing his innocence. Socrates states he does not speak eloquently. He says he will speak so that everyone to understand why he believes he is innocent. He even believes the accusers should be ashamed of themselves for even thinking him to be dishonest in his testimony. “They ought to have been ashamed of saying this, because they were sure to be detected as soon as I opened my lips and displayed my deficiency.”
Socrates also wishes to further set himself apart from his accusers by stating they had their words prepared in advance, however he will speak fully of the top of his head, as a way to even further prove his innocence, since if it is the truth he is speaking than he wouldn't have needed to prepare his speech. In my own experiences personally I find people more believable when someone hasn't prepared what they are going to say. Socrates is facing two accusations. They are the first and second accusation. Socrates fears his first accusation the most due to the fact that many people are …show more content…
Even after the death sentence is delivered Socrates still sees the prosecutors as the prosecuted. By exclaiming that the death of Socrates will do them more harm than it would do him. Socrates is essentially accusing the same ones who convicted him guilty of not living a good life in respects to their own humanity. He lets the jurors know that by killing him will not allow them to escape examining their lives. One will at some point have to give an account of their life and the best thing in Socrates’ eyes was to be as prepared as