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Download: A 58k text-only version is available for download. Apology. By Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Socrates' Defense.
Plato: The Euthyphro, Apology, & Crito (Putnam ;, 1906), also by F. M. Stawell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Plato: The Euthyphro, Apology, & Crito (Putnam ;, 1906), also by F. M. Stawell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
In Apology, Socrates answers his accusers at trial and unapologetically defends his philosophical career. In Crito, a discussion of justice and injustice explains Socrates’ refusal of Crito’s offer to finance his escape from prison.
Feb 1, 1999 · "Apology" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue that serves as a defense of Socrates, one of history's most influential thinkers, written during the classical period of Ancient Greece. The book encapsulates Socrates’ trial for impiety and corrupting the youth, exploring themes of morality, knowledge, and the essence of justice.
- Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE
- Apology
- Death of Socrates 1
- Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
However, I should be right to reply to him: "You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man."
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“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.
