Analysis of The Apology by Plato

The plea was written by Plato, and relates Socrates confession at his trial on charges of corrupting the youth and impiety. Socrates argues that he is innocent of both charges. His abnegation is ultimately unsuccessful, and he is convicted and sentenced to death. Socrates concludes the apology by arguing that a just man should pay off no fear of death.\n[Note that this front dissever concisely does both things: it sets up the issue to be discussed, and it briefly presents the position of the Socrates on the main topics (his innocence and his study of death). Long background histories and so on are not needed in these document get straight to the point.\nSocrates defends himself against the charges brought against him by his prosecutor Meletus in both ways. One way consists of a description of Socrates motivation and method, which he hopes will explain to the dialog box wherefore some people, including his prosecutors, disapproval him. The second defense consists of So crates responding in a flash to the two charges brought against him: corrupting the raw and impiety, or to a greater extent specifically, not believing in the gods in whom the city believes (p. 28). Ill speak to these two lines of defense in turn. I wrote this second paragraph to clarify the argumentative bodily structure of the paper. I could have likewise combined this second paragraph with the first one, but it seemed more natural to separate it in this case.\nWhen I thought around Socrates defense, it seemed to me that it had two main separate: the part where he explains why he has a unfit reputation, and the part where he responds straight to the charges against him. The first paragraphs are commonly the hardest ones to write. You have to stop and count on intimately what the main dissertation or theses of the paper are, and in like manner think about the main argument(s) for them. Fortunately, once youve thought about these things, the rest of the paper unremarkab ly falls into place. Socrates begins his defense by ...