![]() ![]() If you would like historical background on Socrates’ life, please see the posts with links provided in the bibliography section after the post. If you are new to philosophy, these dialogues are a perfect place to start since they are not only easy to understand, but contain captivating drama as well since Plato was an excellent dramatist. ![]() All quotations and some of the insights of Apology are taken from the featured book below that contains five of Plato’s early dialogues. It is believed to be a reliable account since the young Plato was an eyewitness (34a, 38b). The entire dialogue is Plato’s account of the seventy-year-old Socrates’ trial and the defense he put on. ![]() ![]() In this post, I am going to comment on highlights from Socrates’ trial as found in Plato’s dialogue, Apology. Although he would have no doubt welcomed an acquittal, we get the sense that Socrates’ primary goal was to enlighten those in the Athenian courtroom the day of his trial – to encourage them to seek the truth – since he was always the consummate teacher. With Socrates, we get a different impression. Most defendants in a capital case have the singular goal of saving their own lives. ![]()
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