Analysis of The Apology by Plato

The confession was written by Plato, and relates Socrates confession at his trial on charges of corrupting the youth and impiety. Socrates argues that he is innocent of both charges. His defensive complex body part is ultimately unsuccessful, and he is convicted and sentenced to death. Socrates concludes the exculpation by arguing that a just man should demand no fear of death.\n[Note that this forward split up concisely does both things: it sets up the issue to be discussed, and it briefly presents the position of the Socrates on the chief(prenominal) topics (his innocence and his expectation of death). Long background histories and so on are non needed in these written document get straight to the point.\nSocrates defends himself against the charges brought against him by his prosecutor Meletus in cardinal ways. One way consists of a description of Socrates motivation and method, which he hopes will explain to the jury why some people, including his prosecutors, dis approval him. The second defense consists of Socrates responding instantaneously to the two charges brought against him: corrupting the new-made and impiety, or more specifically, not believing in the gods in whom the city believes (p. 28). Ill call in these two lines of defense in turn. I wrote this second paragraph to clarify the argumentative structure of the paper. I could have as well as combined this second paragraph with the first one, but it seemed more natural to separate it in this case.\nWhen I thought close to Socrates defense, it seemed to me that it had two main split: the part where he explains why he has a fallacious reputation, and the part where he responds this instant to the charges against him. The first paragraphs are unremarkably the hardest ones to write. You have to stop and rally close to what the main dissertation or theses of the paper are, and also think about the main argument(s) for them. Fortunately, once youve thought about these things, the rest of the paper unremarkably falls into place. Socrates begins his defense by ...