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In eight pages this paper incorporates Plato’s Apology and Gorgias along with parenthetical numbered references to student supplied questions to support a hypothetical juror’s case in support of Socrates’ innocence. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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never been in good stead with the politicians who have long condemned him as an enemy of the state. The case itself is based upon charges filed against the
defendant Socrates by a trio of plaintiffs Meletus, Anytus and Lycon. They have laid out their case against Socrates in a manner that would lead one to conclude that
it symbolizes a classic conflict between good (the citizens of Athens) and evil (Socrates). He has been vilified as a heretic and corruptor of young and impressionable boys.
While these young men are articulate and well spoken, this jury member wonders whether they are more style than substance. As soon as Socrates rises to address the jury,
it becomes evident why his teaching methods have been so successful. He speaks eloquently but his words are not to flatter or impress; they are his most potent weapons
of defense. Socrates reminds the jury that two separate sets of charges have been raised against him, old and new (1). In his typical organized manner, the philosopher explained
that, "The proper course for me, gentlemen of the jury, is to deal first with the earliest charges that have been falsely brought against me, and with my earliest accusers,
and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been accused of not believing in gods because of his reliance upon physical scientific explanations (1).
He states that his critics have convicted him of being "guilty of criminal meddling, in that he inquires into things below the earth and in the sky, and makes the
weaker argument defeat the stronger, and teaches others to follow his example" (Plato, 1961, 19b-c). The newer charge involves the philosophers alleged corruption of Athenian youth by encouraging them
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