Apology (Plato)

:This article is about the work by Plato. For the article on Xenophon's work on the same subject, see Apology (Xenophon). For other uses, see Apology (disambiguation).

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Plato - Xenophon's - Apology (Xenophon) - Apology (disambiguation)

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(The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities". Such a speech by the defendant was technically known as an "apology". It means to "give an account of" rather than to apologise in a modern sense of the word.

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Plato - Speech - Socrates - Gods - Apology

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