Socrates

tale of Socrates’ defense, counterproposal, and death sentence in front of a jury of approximately 500 Athenian citizens. Plato’s Crito is named after a wealthy friend of Socrates who the philosopher invokes during his defense as an example of one of the men present in the jury who had enough exposure to his teachings, whether directly or through relatives, to have grounds to testify as a witness against Socrates if indeed his teachings were corrupting the young. An analysis of Socrates’ defense…

Justice to the Jury In the Apology, Plato characterizes Socrates to be wise and concerning for men’s souls. Throughout the defense Socrates claims that the jurors can kill him, but they cannot harm him. He believes that if they jurors convict him, they would be harming themselves because they are tainting their souls by ignoring the truth. Socrates’ arguments for these claims are cogent because Socrates centers his arguments on the fact that truth and justice is not truly defined and that man…

Plato, and relates Socrates’ defense at his trial on charges of corrupting the youth and impiety. Socrates argues that he is innocent of both charges. His defense is ultimately unsuccessful, and he is convicted and sentenced to death. Socrates concludes the Apology by arguing that a just man should have no fear of death. Socrates defends himself against those charges brought against him Toward as much prosecutor Meletus in two ways. Restricted comprises of a portrayal about Socrates’ inspiration…

In the Apology the concept of “pursuer” death and “pursuer” wickedness is introduced after Socrates is handed his sentence in his trial. Socrates associates the “pursuer” wickedness with all the people that voted against him in his trial, along with his accusers. Socrates believes that it is more difficult to outrun the “pursuer” wickedness than it is to outrun the “pursuer” death but, Socrates explicitly states that he would rather be outrun by the pursuer of death, than be outrun by the…

authority is wrong. In the book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato, his teacher Socrates, is on trial for corrupting the youth, and for not believing in the right Gods. In Socrates speech Apology, Socrates defends himself against the jury claiming that he is an innocent man and has done no wrong. In the end Socrates is found guilty and will be sentenced to death. Socrates friend Citro has the money to get him out of prison but Socrates refused to take the opportunity and because…

The final reason Socrates presents against Crito’s offer of help is the Agreement Argument. The Agreement Argument follows that by participating in Athenian society, the citizens of Athens have implicitly agreed to obey the Laws. Socrates made an agreement to the State to follow the Laws, and it is just to keep to one's agreements, and so to escape would be to break an agreement and so Socrates ought not to escape with Crito (Plato, 1997b, §51c-52d). This agreement refers to is a form of…

When Socrates and Euthyphro meet, Socrates clarifies for Euthyphro the charges that the state has brought against him and Euthyphro is disturbed to hear about the trouble of his friend. He says that he too has been involved in a rather unpleasant set of charges, namely his own accusation against his father. Socrates is quite surprised to hear this because in ancient Greece it was considered very bold to officially accuse one's own family member of anything, and mortals who did such were not…

The Crito by Plato is premised with Socrates in his prison cell and awaiting his execution. Socrates’ friend Crito then comes and tries to convince him to escape his cell. Socrates and Crito discuss and argue about whether Socrates should escape prison or not. In their dialogue, the topic about laws emerge. Socrates states, “by giving every Athenian the opportunity, once arrived at voting age and having observed the affairs of the city and us the laws...he can take his possessions and go…

Socrates believes that having knowledge on the world is a very important thing in life. In Plato’s Apology, Socrates wanted to show the people of Athens that not having the proper knowledge on life would lead to an unexamined life and that is what he tried teaching the children of Athens. People like Meletus and Cillias did not see it that way. That’s when Meletus put Socrates on trial for “corrupting the youth of Athens” (Plato’s Apology, 2016). The prosecutors believe he is corrupting the…

Socrates makes clear in Plato’s Apology that he believes that he has lived a good and just life. Making that point, after all, is the grounds of Socrates’ ἀπολογία in opposition to the charges that Meletus and Anytus have levied against him. He preludes the body of his ἀπολογία by first warning against the ῥητορικός employed by his accusers and then claiming to be false all of the rumors surrounding his disbelief in the gods, which arose out of his propensity to ask abstract and obscure…