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Trial and Death of Socrates

Socrates then goes on to ask if one man corrupts horses while everyone else improves them. What Socrates is trying to prove here is that Meletus is out to get Socrates on whatever he can. Socrates wants to show the court that Meletus" arguments are hearsay and that there is no evidence to back them up. Socrates is almost mocking Meletus" argument by saying that there is no other person anywhere in the world, but me, who harms the youth. Meletus agrees with this outrageous statement and Socrates shows the court what Meletus is basing his case on, nothing but personal anguish. .
             Socrates then goes on to ask the question if there is any man who wants to be harmed. Meletus answers no and then Socrates asks if he unwillingly or deliberately corrupts the young. With Meletus" answer being deliberately, Socrates then puts forward the statement to Meletus according to what he just said; this proves to me that Meletus" case is weak: "If I make one of my associates (children or adult) wicked (do them harm) I run the risk of being harmed by him so that I do such a great evil deliberately?" Now Meletus just said that no man wants to be harmed and that Socrates was deliberate in his corruption but for Socrates to make a man wicked then he is asking for that man to do the same, thus wanting to be harmed. For Socrates to do this deliberately is a haunting truth that does not make sense. Socrates has contradicted Meletus and shown the court that the grounds for accusations and convictions are weak.
             The main point to understand about Socrates argument against charge of corrupting the youth is as follows. Socrates had a prophecy about being the wisest man in the city but then acknowledged to himself that he wasn't; this is an example of irony. After Socrates acknowledged not being the wisest man in all of Athens he then began to go around and question the politicians and high citizens of the city on their wisdom.


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