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APOLOGY The Apology1 professes to be a record of the actual speech that Socrates delivered in his own defense at the trial. This claim makes the question of its historicity more acute than in the dialogues in which the conversations themselves are mostly fictional and the question of
Apology, was to expose the ignorance of those who thought themselves wise and to try to convince his fellow citizens that every man is responsi- ble for his own moral attitudes.
“The Apology” is Plato’s account of the three speeches that Socrates gave at his trial for false teaching and heresy in 399 B.C.E. At the age of 71, Socrates fought at his trial not for his life, but for the truth.
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The Apology of Socrates (Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates (469–399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC.
THE APOLOGY: THE BEGINNING OF PLATO'S OWN PHILOSOPHY. 1. Preliminary remarks. It has often been assumed that Plato's Apology is a faithful speech on the final day of his trial in 399 B.C.; that it contains Plato's own philosophy; and that it therefore represents rather. historical Socrates on how to live and how to philosophize. In this belief,
Plato’s “Apology” presents the defense speech given by Socrates during his trial in ancient Athens and serves as a window into Socrates’ philosophy, his conflicted relationship with Athenian society, and the core principles that guided his life.
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Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo. Hackett Publishing Company (2002) Copy BIBTEX. Abstract. The second edition of _Five Dialogues_ presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, _Complete Works_.