Plato Apology Argument Discussion

Plato Apology Argument Discussion

First, read the entire text of the Apology. Then, focusing especially on the material from the beginning up to 34a, complete the following:

1. Compose 5-6 well-written paragraphs in which you use the text frequently (with marginal references in parentheses) to defend your choice of ONE of the following possibilities:

(a) Socrates is guilty of ‘not believing the city’s gods.’

or

(b) Socrates is guilty of ‘corrupting the youth.’

After you chose one of the above and submit your 5-6 paragraphs, proceed to #2.

2. Reply to someone’s post and see if you can (respectfully and for the sake of argument), argue against their position, using the text as you did before. Aim for 2-3 paragraphs. So, what this means is that in step #2, you are basically “forced” to defend Socrates ‘innocence’ against whatever charge is in that person’s post.