Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The Apology for 5/16

Indicate one sentence that you highlighted or underlined (give page number and section number) and write a short paragraph (at least 4 sentences) that explains why you underlined it or highlighted it. Be prepared to share this in discussion.
~I picked a full paragraph because I thought that it all had to be read together to give the concept I'm trying to make. On page 41 paragraph 19a it says "Very well, then; I must begin my defence, gentlemen, and I must try, in the short time that I have, to rid your minds of a false impression which is the work of many years. I should like this to be the result, gentlemen, assuming it to be for your advantage and my own; and I should like to be succesfull in my defence; but I think that it will be difficult, and I am quite aware of the nature of my task. However, let that turn out as God wills; I must obey the law and make my defence."

~I thought that this paragraph would be best used for the prosecution because it shows Socrates kind of saying, I know I'm going to lose and I'm not going to put up a fight, this will turn out how God plans that it will. This bugs me because I think Socrates could do so much more instead of just giving up and leaving God to do all the work for him. He could atleast try his hardest or even just a bit more to give the jury some thought into something like, You know, Socrates is right he isn't corrupting the youth, the youth are making their own choices and they might not just be based off Socrates teachings. It seems as if Socrates is just ready to be put to death or suffer severe punishment for his actions because, atleast from my perspective, it looks as though he doesn't even care what happens to him or where he ends up.

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