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Abstract. The chapter examines how different disciplines have considered the apology, the relationship between the personal apology and the apology in politics and develops a typology of political apologies. Keywords: Apology, Sociolinguistics, Philosophy, Politics. Subject.
The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek word apologia, which translates as a defense, or a speech made in defense. Thus, in The Apology , Socrates attempts to defend himself and his conduct—certainly not to apologize for it.
What does the noun apology mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun apology . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
It's important to note that "apologist" and "apologetics" both mean something like "defender" and "defense". The meaning drifted over time. By the late 16th century the meaning of "speaking in justification" had drifted to "speaking in regret", and by the 18th century this was the primary meaning.
Socrates, Roman mural 1 st century. The Apology. by Plato. I do not know, men of Athens, how my 17 accusers affected you; as for me, I was almost carried away in spite of myself, so persuasively did they speak. And yet, hardly anything of what they said is true.
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Sep 24, 2022 · "defense, justification," 1784, the Latin form of apology (q.v.); popularized by J.H. Newman's "Apologia pro Vita Sua" (1864). It preserves the older sense of the English apology and the sense of the Greek original, especially as used by the Church fathers.
The Apology, or Socrates' Defence, pretends to be the speech, or rather speeches, that Socrates gave at his trial on a charge of ‘doing what is unjust by corrupting the young and not believing in gods the city believes in but other new divine entities’ (Apology 24 b 8– c 1).
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