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The Guilty Of Socrates In Plato's Apology

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In the Plato’s Apology, Socrates is about to defend himself from charges that were laid against him by Meletus. Meletus claims that Socrates is corrupting the youth, impious, and makes a weaker argument appear to be the stronger.
There are two main things that Socrates is trying to do in the “Apology”, which is to provide a ‘criminal defence’ and create a ‘character portrait’. In the ‘criminal defence’, Socrates must provide facts and arguments. The ‘character portrait’, Socrates must show that a philosopher seeks truth in wisdom. In the informal charges being laid, Socrates denies the claims of natural inquiries and making weaker arguments appear stronger. The first claim was denied because Socrates says he is a moral philosopher and the
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