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Apology
Plato
Socrates defends himself against charges of corrupting the young and impiety, declines every chance to soften his case, and tells the jury an unexamined life is not worth living. They sentence him to death and he treats it as an open question whether that is bad. The link is to Penguin's Last Days of Socrates, which collects it with Euthyphro, Crito and Phaedo.
Why you should read this
Plato's account of Socrates' trial defense is one of the most commonly assigned entry points into ancient philosophy, and short enough to read in one sitting. Best for readers new to philosophy who want to see Socratic method used in an actual argument rather than described secondhand.
- Field
- Philosophy
- Form
- Non-fiction
- Published
- 399 BCE
- Themes
- Philosophy, Ancient GreecePhilosophy
