... this evil fame"(22), says Socrates addressing the court. " This reputation of mine comes from a certain sort of wisdom that I possess."(22) He continues with a story of how his friend Chaerephon (who oddly enough is not available to back up his story due to the small fact that he is dead) went to the Oracle at Delphi and asked if there ... was anyone wiser than his old pal Socrates. The oracle's response was "that there was no man wiser." Of course, this thrilled Chaerephon, after all, being the best friend of the worlds wisest man could have its benefits. However, Socrates was bothered...

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... , he would bravely challenge that no matter it is the idea of God or from the public. When Socrates tries to explain why he got rumors, he firstly recalls how Chaerephon has asked Delpi if there is anyone wiser than him and the answer is no. Nevertheless, Socrates doesn't really trust the answer of Delpi. He begins to examine if he ... ...

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... posse's human wisdom and those that say these things are trying to create slander and are lying. Socrates feels that these people got these stories from when his good friend Chaerephon went to an oracle and asked who was wiser than Socrates. The oracle replied that no one is. Socrates states that he was stunned by the answer and didn't believe ... ...

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