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A review by tomebro
Apology by Plato
5.0
Let me just say this was not what I expected at all - I took the "apology" part literally. It's basically Socrates roasting everyone who is judging or accusing him of doing wrong. He is by no means nice about it, although he claims to have no anger towards his accusers, but instead is angry at the reasons why he has been convicted. As Socrates does.
His defense makes logical sense, but Socrates relies on logic and reasoning alone. He acknowledges that men are men, and emotions must be part of the decision making, and therein lies his biggest logically fallacy: emotions and logic are not separate, but depend on each other.
Socrates doesn't want to be right, he wants to be just. That is different then what justice is, especially in a time that was 2000+ years ago.
His defense makes logical sense, but Socrates relies on logic and reasoning alone. He acknowledges that men are men, and emotions must be part of the decision making, and therein lies his biggest logically fallacy: emotions and logic are not separate, but depend on each other.
Socrates doesn't want to be right, he wants to be just. That is different then what justice is, especially in a time that was 2000+ years ago.