Apology Plato Analysis
Apology by Plato tells a story of Socrates, who was being accused of teaching others for a fee, corrupting the young and not believing in the gods. He asks the court to allow him to defend himself in his normal speaking manner because he had never been in a courtroom. Socrates starts by denying the charges against him. He claims that he has never asked for money from other people. He argued that young rich people with nothing to do would follow him and imitate his interviews of well-known wise people. Socrates tells a story of his friend going to visit the oracle and asked the oracle if anyone was wiser than Socrates was. The oracle replied that there was not. This is what led Socrates to try to prove that the oracle was wrong. Socrates thought he would talk to well-known wise people
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to prove this. After speaking with them, he discovered that they were not wise and that he was wiser than they were. Socrates believed that no one could intentionally act wrongly and if he corrupted the young people and was unaware then he should not have been brought to trail, but instead should have been instructed by his accuser.
Socrates talks about the charge of him not believing in gods by getting one of his accusers to state that Socrates believed in spiritual things and gods were also a form of spiritual things. The story continues with Socrates stating he will never stop the practice of philosophy because he believed he would be disobeying god. He talks to the people that voted for his death and accused them of trying to avoid his accusers. He also talked to the people that voted for his release as if they were his friends. He talked to them about the oracle that he believed was in him. He felt he knew the oracle well and the oracle did not do anything to stop the death penalty so it must be the right thing to do. In the end, he believed that no evil could happen to a good man so death must be good. Plato’s Crito pick up where Plato’s apology left off. Socrates is in prison, and he has been condemned to death. His friend Crito visits him in prison and tries to convince Socrates to escape. Crito and Socrates compare reasons to escape prison or to stay and die. Crito does not want to lose a friend, but Socrates believes it is gods will for him to die and asks Crito to allow him to follow the will
of god.
to prove this. After speaking with them, he discovered that they were not wise and that he was wiser than they were. Socrates believed that no one could intentionally act wrongly and if he corrupted the young people and was unaware then he should not have been brought to trail, but instead should have been instructed by his accuser.
Socrates talks about the charge of him not believing in gods by getting one of his accusers to state that Socrates believed in spiritual things and gods were also a form of spiritual things. The story continues with Socrates stating he will never stop the practice of philosophy because he believed he would be disobeying god. He talks to the people that voted for his death and accused them of trying to avoid his accusers. He also talked to the people that voted for his release as if they were his friends. He talked to them about the oracle that he believed was in him. He felt he knew the oracle well and the oracle did not do anything to stop the death penalty so it must be the right thing to do. In the end, he believed that no evil could happen to a good man so death must be good. Plato’s Crito pick up where Plato’s apology left off. Socrates is in prison, and he has been condemned to death. His friend Crito visits him in prison and tries to convince Socrates to escape. Crito and Socrates compare reasons to escape prison or to stay and die. Crito does not want to lose a friend, but Socrates believes it is gods will for him to die and asks Crito to allow him to follow the will
of god.