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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...opinions," but to the observance of certain current "uses" (vo/ioi), though Plato makes Sokrates take advantage of the secondary sense "think" in order to confuse Meletos (Apol. 26 c). at all, but that makes it all the more characteristic of the man. Sokrates treats the accusation with contempt, and even goes out of his way to import things into the case that were hardly of a nature to conciliate the judges. That does not prove the Apology to be pure fiction, as it has been supposed to do.1 Far from it. 138. The actual conduct of the prosecution was entrusted to Meletos, who bungled it, according to Plato. By a skilful cross-examination Sokrates got him to admit that he believed him to be an out-and-out atheist, which was of course inconsistent with the indictment. In any case Sokrates did not stoop to defend himself against either the one charge or the other, though he showed himself more sensitive to the accusation of corrupting the youth, and offered to allow the fathers and elder brothers of his associates to give evidence on the point. He was found guilty, however, in spite of the failure of Meletos to make anything of the principal count in the indictment, which he does not seem to have understood himself. The majority was a considerable one, though Sokrates says he had expected it to be larger. He knew therefore that there was something else against him besides the trumpery charge of introducing new divinities, which he did not for a moment treat seriously. The penalty proposed by the accusers was death, but there is no reason to suppose Anytos really wished it to be carried out. By a very ingenious provision of the Athenian law, it was ordained that in cases of a certain class the condemned man...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154652437 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154652432 |
| Weight | 0.66 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 In |
| List Price | $20.49 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 198 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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