Philosophical dialogue · 1892

Apology

The defence of Socrates before the Athenian jury

by Plato

Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Socrates' speech to the Athenian jury at his trial for impiety and corrupting the young, followed by his words after the verdict and the sentence of death. Plato's account of the philosopher's defence of the examined life.


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