It is believed to be a reliable account since the young Plato was an eyewitness (34a, 38b). The entire dialogue is Plato’s account of the seventy-year-old Socrates’ trial and the defense he put on. In this post, I am going to comment on highlights from Socrates’ trial as found in Plato’s dialogue, Apology. Although he would have no doubt welcomed an acquittal, we get the sense that Socrates’ primary goal was to enlighten those in the Athenian courtroom the day of his trial – to encourage them to seek the truth – since he was always the consummate teacher.
With Socrates, we get a different impression.
So the joke is based around that pun, as Socrates certainly didn't apologize.Most defendants in a capital case have the singular goal of saving their own lives. In addition, Plato's title of "Apology" doesn't refer to "saying I'm sorry", as we usually use the word today, but instead refers to itsĮarlier meaning of defending oneself of one's actions or beliefs. The joke is centered around the fact that Socrates hardly tried to defend himself at all, and instead mostly doubled down on what got him into trouble in the first place - claiming that the elder "wise" men of Athens didn't know anything worth knowing. You can read the full text here, and there is a free audio book version of it on librivox. His life and death inspired generations of philosophers in Athens to more deeply investigate the nature of reality, and to question all the traditions of the past. Socrates was killed for investigating the truth, and just as it was with Obi-wan, striking him down only made him more powerful. It is, essentially, the founding myth of all of Western philosophy in many ways. This comic is about Plato's Apology, where Socrates defended himself at his trial and is ultimately put to death for corrupting the youth and impiety to the Gods.
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