The Apology consists of Socrates making a speech while he 's on trial for multiple conviction; including corrupting the youth of Athens and not believing in the Gods. Throughout the short story we also read that the Oracle of Delphi tells Socrates that he 's the wisest man in all Greece, making Socrates question what they are implying and then tries to prove them inaccurate. Lastly, Socrates ends his speech by saying that "the unexamined life is not worth living". Socrates never fully explains what we was implying with this phase, however I believe he was expressing to "leave no stone unturned" and to live life to its fullest. The Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece during the time of Socrates. The Oracle later …show more content…
During his trial, Socrates is being charged with corrupting the youth of Athens and not believing in the Gods. The rebuttal Socrates uses for being accused with corrupting the youth of Athens is "... either I do not corrupt them, or I corrupt them unintentionally, so that on either view of the case you lie. If my offence is unintentional, the law has no cognizance of unintentional offences: you ought to have taken me privately, and warned and admonished me; for if I had been better advised, I should have left off doing what I only did unintentionally - no doubt I should; whereas you hated to converse with me or teach me, but you indicted me in this court, which is a place not of instruction, but of punishment." Meaning that he hasn 't been corrupting the youth but if he was then he 's not the only one doing so. That there are so many more influencers out in the world then him and that he 's not responsible for corrupting ALL of the youth of Athens. Socrates is also being accused for not believing in the god however he states, "... nevertheless you swear in the indictment that I teach and believe in divine or spiritual agencies (new or old, no matter for that); at any rate, I believe in spiritual agencies, as you say and swear in the affidavit; but if I believe in divine beings, I must believe in spirits or demigods; - is not that true? Yes, that is true, for I may assume that your silence gives assent to that. Now what are spirits or demigods? are they not either gods or …show more content…
Lastly, towards the end of the Apology, Socrates says that “the unexamined life is not worth living”. These phrase has had a great amount of interpretations over the years due to Socrates never fully explaining what he was trying to say. My interpretation of this phrase is, that life is valuable and short that you never know when it can be taken away from you. Due to this you have to explore life, ask questions, never have a question unanswered, and lastly live life to the fullest with no regrets. Being able to live these kind of life you will have examined life and have had a great life full of knowledge and