Analysis of The Apology by Plato

The Apology was compose by Plato, and relates Socrates defense at his trial on charges of subvert the youth and impiety. Socrates argues that he is indigent of both charges. His defense is in the end unsuccessful, and he is convicted and sentenced to death. Socrates concludes the Apology by arguing that a merely man should lose no fear of death.\n[Note that this introductory paragraph concisely does twain things: it sets up the issue to be discussed, and it in short presents the position of the Socrates on the main(prenominal) topics (his innocence and his view of death). farseeing background histories and so on are not needful in these papers bear straight to the point.\nSocrates defends himself against the charges brought against him by his public prosecutor Meletus in devil ways. cardinal way consists of a definition of Socrates motivation and method, which he hopes give explain to the jury wherefore some people, including his prosecutors, dislike him. The routi ne defense consists of Socrates responding directly to the cardinal charges brought against him: corrupting the young and impiety, or more specifically, not believe in the gods in whom the city believes (p. 28). Ill address these two lines of defense in turn. I wrote this second paragraph to wrap up the argumentative structure of the paper. I could have also combine this second paragraph with the commencement exercise one, but it seemed more subjective to separate it in this case.\nWhen I thought slightly Socrates defense, it seemed to me that it had two main wears: the stop where he explains why he has a bad reputation, and the part where he responds directly to the charges against him. The low gear paragraphs are usually the hardest ones to write. You have to stop and theorise about what the main thesis or theses of the paper are, and also think about the main argument(s) for them. Fortunately, once youve thought about these things, the liberalization of the paper usu ally waterfall into place. Socrates begins his defense by ...