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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: 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,

  3. 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.

  4. “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.

  5. 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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  6. For wherever a man's place is, whether the place which he has chosen or that in which he has been placed by a commander, there he ought to remain in the hour of danger; he should not think of death or of anything, but of disgrace. And this, O men of Athens, is a true saying.

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  8. Apology, early dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, purporting to represent the speech given by Socrates, Plato’s teacher, at the former’s trial in Athens in 399 bce in response to accusations of impiety and corrupting the young.

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