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(5 pp) In Plato's Apology, Socrates defends his
actions or his innocence against the charges placed
against him. This discussion examines whether
Plato is presenting him as innocent of those
charges, or presenting Socrates is actually "the
Innocent." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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THE THEME OF INNOCENCE IN PLATOS APOLOGY Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., February 2001
Introduction In Platos Apology, Socrates defends his actions or his innocence against the charges placed against him. This discussion examines whether Plato is presenting him as innocent of
those charges, or presenting Socrates as actually, "the Innocent." Socrates not only earned his livelihood through words, but he also achieved his own sense of identity through them as well.
If anything he did not want much more than the opportunity to discuss ideas or virtues. If felt that he had a calling, and a right to question, feeling
that wisdom was an illusion, because the more one learned, one realized what one did not know. Those who felt they were wise were often deceiving themselves; Socrates felt
he had a right to point that out to such individuals. In his own personal claim for knowledge he asked others. An example of this is his questioning
of the poets, and the works they have written. He tries to point out that it is inspiration that has caused much of their poetry, not wisdom, "the very
fact that they were poets made them think that they had a perfect understanding of all other subjects, of which they were totally ignorant" (Line 22c). The apology Today it
is easy for most of us to apologize - to say that we are sorry for some slight, intended or other wise. We usually do not invest too much
time in saying that we are sorry, but admit to our fallacies and move on. Such was not the case in the time of Socrates: rather the aplogia
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