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Defence of Socrates
- What are the charges against Socrates? How does he claim to show that they are false?
- Socrates compares himself with a “gadfly” and Athens with a lazy horse. He also claims that for the jury members to put him to death is to harm themselves more than him. What is he trying to say, and do you agree? Explain.
- In what way does Socrates admit that he is wiser than others? How does this relate to what he says about the fear of death?