Apology Letter Essay

Socrates' Untimely End In Plato's The Apology, Socrates is taken to court and prosecuted for "Corrupting the minds of the youth". By expanding the minds of his students through allowing them to look at the world a little different and question it instead of blindly accepting it. He lets them wonder and ponder on whether the way things are, is truly the way things should be or is there more to the world then what has been told to them growing up. Even though Socrates has never been put on trial…

fighting for in court. Not only does he refute Meletus’ claims, but he accuses him of evil doing, saying that he brings men to court over problems he has no interest in. Socrates confirms this point when he cross examines Meletus and finds inconsistencies; the points Meletus stresses about Socrates not believing in Gods and being a corrupter of youth are disproved when Socrates explains that he does technically believe in a God and that youth do not have one sole corrupter. This part of the…

In The Republic by Plato, the question of what justice really is is circulating around while Socrates goes from person to person asking their opinions of it. No two people in this story give the same answer to what justice really is, leaving Socrates stuck. Throughout this writing there are two very different societies mentioned and described in very great detail. These two important places mentioned are The City of Pigs and the City of Luxury. Yes, one might sound better than the other, but…

A Twist on the Meaning of an Apology (A discussion of the three most significant messages within Plato’s Apology) “ … the fact is that neither of us knows anything beautiful and good, but he thinks he does know when he doesn’t, and I don’t know and don’t think I do: so I am wiser than he is by only this trifle … “ (507). Plato is writing this famous dialogue called Apology, from within his teacher’s, Socrates, trial. Socrates is accused of corrupting the youth and being an atheist and in this…

In Book I of Plato’s Republic, Socrates and Polemarchus debate the assertion “it is just to give to each what is owed to him,” that Simonides originally theorized. The postulation develops from Cephalus’ prior claim that a just man is one who “speaks the truth and repays his debts” (331d). Socrates undermines Cephalus’ definition of justice by proposing a scenario wherein a madman lends a sword to a friend, and the friend may either return the weapon or keep it from the obviously dangerous…

Justice can have many meanings when put into different perspectives. Throughout Crito, by Plato, Socrates has to determine whether to escape prison or stay. Socrates was initially charged with corrupting the youth and not believing in gods. He argued his case in jury and did not choose the alternate punishment, exile, which could have saved his life. He was then given a death sentence and he was imprisoned until his execution. Crito tries to convince Socrates to escape, but Socrates brings…

A man named Socrates is being accused by new and old accusers. This part of the book is of Socrates speech. Yet Socrates is saying his accusers are unfaithful. Socrates is over seventy years old and says that he should not be there. He wants to do away these wrong accusations about him and let God decide his faith. He then ask about the accusations being made about him. He is being accused of an evil doer who does not recognize the gods, and corrupting the youth. Socrates denies this by saying…

In 399 B.C. Socrates was condemned to death, for impiety and corrupting the minds of the youth. “The unexamined life is not worth living”, was published in Plato’s “Apology” which contained Socrates last speeches. This Socratic Dialogue is still very relevant to our society today. I believe that Socrates was implying that making choices, and decisions without skepticism and examination of our actions does not result in a fulfilled life. Being able to examine our lives, and our actions can lead…

In both stories, *The Apology* and *Crito* deal with morals and ethics of if it is acceptable to disobey laws set in place by your government or by state. In *The Apology* Socrates is placed in court and charged with not following the gods that have been set in place by his government, and “corrupting” the Athenian youth. He boldly sticks to his opinion in a condescending way in which he antagonizes the jurors and gets sentenced to death. In this dialogue he is disregarding his government’s laws…

Not much is known about Socrates other than he was Greek philosopher who is considered, by many, to be the father of Western philosophy. Many of Socrates writings, if he ever did write anything, were never discovered. As a result, everything we do know about Socrates is solely based on the information derived from the works of his student, Plato, and his contemporary, Aristophanes. When Aristophanes and Plato’s works are compared, it is evident that they show many inconsistencies and do not…