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... Our knowledge of Socrates comes to us from numerous dialogues which Plato wrote after 399. In nearly every dialogue – and there are more than thirty that we know about – Socrates is the main speaker. The style of the Plato's dialogue is important – it is the Socratic style that he employs throughout ...
The March of the Muses: The Development of Higher Education in
The March of the Muses: The Development of Higher Education in

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... that his commonly held view is quite likely inconsistent, or at least needs to be qualified and made clearer. ...

Apology (Plato)

The Apology (Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους; Apologia Socratis) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of ""corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel"" (24b). ""Apology"" here has its earlier meaning (now usually expressed by the word ""apologia"") of speaking in defense of a cause or of one's beliefs or actions (from the Greek ἀπολογία). The general term apology, in context to literature, defends a world from attack (opposite of satire-which attacks the world). The Apology, which depicts the death of Socrates, is among the four Plato dialogues to detail the philosopher's final days, along with Euthyphro, Phaedo, and Crito.