The Apology of Socrates

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This paper explains that Socrates begins his speech by addressing the issue of his alleged wisdom, specifically in regard to the claim that he believes himself to be wiser than all others, a claim, which, as he points out, he himself does not hold to be true in the very least. The author points out that Socrates discusses the issues of approaching death and whether or not he is sorry or feels remorse for taking actions that might ultimately incur his death. The paper reports that, if Socrates believes that he is acting rightly, then he must obey his conscious rather than the laws of man, which might prevent his death' but would make him incorrect of the eyes of god.

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"Socrates then goes on to consider what this could possibly mean, especially since he himself considers himself not to be wise at all. Nonetheless, Socrates argues, if the Oracle so stated it, then it, in some sense, must be true, indeed. Socrates argues that he, in fact, lacks wisdom, but what separates him from so many other men is the very knowledge of his own wisdom, that he "knows what he does not know." "

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