Apology

History

What words say matters! Plato’s Apology of Socrates

The Apology is one of the so-called Early Dialogues of Plato.[1] In it, Socrates makes his own defense of the accusations he had received for corrupting the youths and introducing new gods in the city of Athens. To start with, it is interesting to note that this dialogue does not take a proper noun (the name of one of the characters in the dialogue concerned) as a title but chooses… Read more

Book Club

Book Club | April 2017: Xenophon’s Apology of Socrates

The April Book Club selection features Xenophon’s Apology of Socrates. Join in by reading this month’s Book Club selection, a short text by Xenophon about Socrates. The hangout discussion will be on Tuesday, April 25 at 11 a.m. EDT. It might be interesting to compare Xenophon’s view with Plato’s, who also wrote an Apology of Socrates (which you can find in the Sourcebook.) You can read any translation you like.… Read more