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  1. Apology Quotes Showing 1-30 of 119. “I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.”. ― Plato, Apology. tags: apology, knowledge, plato, socrates, wisdom.

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  3. Let me tell you a passage of my own life, which will prove to you that I should never have yielded to injustice from any fear of death, and that if I had not yielded I should have died at once. I will tell you a story - tasteless, perhaps, and commonplace, but nevertheless true.

  4. Plato‘s “Apology” offers a profound glimpse into the intellectual and moral essence of one of history’s most iconic thinkers, Socrates, as his defense speech provides a first hand account of his life, motivations and beliefs.

  5. (Page 27) Socrates frames his philosophical journey as an effort to determine why the oracle of Delphi claimed he was the wisest man in Athens. Given that his life is one of constant questioning and introspection, Socrates’s only rational conclusion is that the greatest expression of wisdom is to acknowledge how little one knows.

  6. 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. Socrates' speech, however, is by no means an "apology" in our modern understanding of the word.

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  8. Jun 13, 2024 · The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel" (24b).

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