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  1. The Apology. Full Work Summary. Previous Next. Plato's The Apology is an account of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods recognized by the state, inventing new deities, and corrupting the youth of Athens.

  2. The Apology or Platonic defence of Socrates is divided into three parts: 1st. The defence properly so called; 2nd. The shorter address in mitigation of the penalty; 3rd. The last words of prophetic rebuke and exhortation.

  3. 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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  4. We are therefore left with the question of why Socrates uses, at the climactic point of his life, the techniques of a profession that he claims elsewhere to despise. The suggestion of this paper is that Socrates' use of rhetoric in. the Apology should be understood as an example of his irony.

  5. “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.

  6. The Apology uses certain thematic and formal elements of tragedy – including systematic ambiguity, dramatic reversal and recognition, and the figure of a hero who is also a scapegoat – in order...

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  8. Sep 23, 2024 · Here are five of Plato's remarkable and revelatory dialogues, each translated by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett. "Apology" defends the integrity of Socrates' teachings. "Crito" discusses respect for the law. "Phaedo" considers death and the immortality of the soul.

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