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The Apology Lyrics [Socrates] How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I was, so persuasively did they speak; and...
“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 is one of Plato’s best known and most studied dialogues, written around 399 BCE, shortly after the trial and death of Socrates. It presents a dramatic account of Socrates’s defense during his trial in Athens.
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.
These famous notions from Plato’s “Apology” encapsulate, exemplify and illustrate key tenets of Socratic philosophy: the importance of self-awareness, ignorance as a basis for knowledge and wisdom, and the transformative role of intellectual engagement.
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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Thus the Apology is in three parts. The first and major part is the main speech (17a–35d), followed by the counter-assessment (35e–38b), 1. The word apology is a transliteration, not a translation, of the Greek apologia, which means defense. There is certainly nothing apologetic about the speech.