Monday, June 4, 2018

Socrates' Defense Against Charges of Corruption - Plato's Apology

Here is the third podcast episode taken from the core concept series on Plato's Apology.

One of the actual charges made against Socrates was "corrupting the young of Athens". He defends himself against that accusation by cross-examining the young man bringing the charge, Meletus.  In the course of that, Socrates makes several arguments, which we examine in this lecture



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