Die Apologie Des Sokrates by Plato
At his trial, Socrates mounts a calm, uncompromising defense against charges of corrupting the young and impiety by explaining that his lifelong practice of questioning assumed authorities and exposing ignorance is a civic service; he cites the Delphic oracle’s paradoxical pronouncement that he is wise only because he knows that he does not know, cross-examines his accusers to reveal their contradictions, refuses to flatter the jury for acquittal, and ultimately accepts the guilty verdict and death sentence while arguing that a virtuous life matters more than mere survival and warning that silencing philosophical inquiry will harm the city’s moral health.
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- Apologia
- Apologia Socratis
- Apology
- Die Apologie des Sokrates
- The Apology
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