The Real Apology the American People Needed On September 11‚ 1998‚ President Clinton gave his infamous speech he titled “I have Sinned” at the Prayer Breakfast. In this speech‚ he addressed the issue of having a sexual relationship with a woman named Monica Lewinsky and apologized for his actions. The nature of his first speech seemed more of “self-defense” rather than the apology the American people wanted to hear (59). In the attempt to have a successful speech‚ President Bill Clinton had
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Plato’s Apology Dublin Institute of Technology Students’ name: Lilian Muraro (D14125029) Access Foundation Programme An essay submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the module of Introduction to Humanities Lecturer: Will Peters 15 December 2014 Account of the Trial of Socrates as outlined in Plato’s Apology This essay is analysis of the accusations against Socrates during his trial‚ based mainly on Plato’s interpretation of it in his work The Apology (Jowett
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In 399 BC‚ a famous Athenian philosopher by the name of Socrates was found guilty in two offenses. The city of Athens gathered to hear the trial‚ and The Apology by Plato allows to better understand what was said in Socrates’ defense and sort through the logistics of the case. Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ charged Socrates with an account of living an impious life and with a second account of corrupting the youth of Athens. Yet‚ I can attest that truly Socrates was innocent in the case of these two accounts
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against his father. The two men discussion the natures of both piety and justice. Their conversation ending when Socrates proves to Euthyphro that his (Euthyphro’s) actions are not what he believes them to be‚ and Euthyphro leaves in confusion. The Apology‚ which is a second dialog of Plato‚ represent of Socrates’s speech that he proclaims at the trial in which he is
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These concerns are addressed again in The Apology. First it is critical to recall that Plato‚ in the voice of Socrates‚ regards himself as the “physician of the State” and the “only Athenian living who practices the true art of politics” (Gorgias 521). So in The Apology when Socrates goes to the marketplace in search of answers‚ he surely sees himself practicing an art‚ and indeed sees himself as a philosopher
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An Tran Professor Nathan Poage PHIL 1301 July 15‚ 2013 Apology: Is Socrates Guilty or Innocent? The Apology is Plato’s accurate depiction of the Socrates’ own defense at the trial provoked by Meletus. However‚ besides current accusers‚ Socrates has to speak out to defense against former accusers who have created prejudices of him for long time. Former accusers prosecute Socrates for “studying things in the sky and below the earth” and “[making] the worse into the stronger argument” (Plato 18b-c)
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South Park’s episode‚ “With Apologies to Jesse Jackson” played on many ideas such as racism‚ racial sensitivity‚ institutionalized exclusion of minorities‚ and the pushing political agendas. To summarize‚ the episode featured a man who was called‚ “nigger-guy”‚ because he said the racial slur‚ nigger‚ on Wheel of Fortune. He later went on to feel as if he was being treated badly because everyone was excluding him from events. His son was even affected by the actions of his father and almost lost
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ARGUMENT PAPER I APOLOGY: DEFENSE OF SOCRATES PLATO 40C-41C PHILOSOPHY 2010 20 SEPTEMBER 2011 WALTER A. JENKINS JR Plato once said‚ “No one knows whether death‚ which People fear to be the greatest evil‚ may not be the greatest good.” Throughout the history of mankind‚ man has been fascinated with the mystery surrounding death. For many it is a phenomenon which is feared and for others it is a salvation from the misery and suffering of everyday life. In Plato’s “Apology”‚ Socrates has
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Comparison between Crito and Apology For these two articles that we read in Crito and Apology by Plato‚ we could know Socrates is an enduring person with imagination‚ because he presents us with a mass of contradictions: Most eloquent men‚ yet he never wrote a word; ugliest yet most profoundly attractive; ignorant yet wise; wrongfully convicted‚ yet unwilling to avoid his unjust execution. Behind these conundrums is a contradiction less often explored: Socrates is at once the most Athenian‚ most
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Jonathan Layne Philosophy 104 March 15‚ 2011 Socrates: The Apology and Crito Socrates believed that his purpose‚ as a moral individual‚ was to achieve true wisdom of virtue and justice. With this considered‚ one may ask‚ "Then why did he accept punishment for crimes he didn’t commit?" Socrates didn’t care for fate‚ because he was only concerned for whether or not he and others were doing the right thing. This belief is shown to be evident when Socrates says‚ "You are sadly mistaken‚ fellow
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