Apology
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In what relation the “Apology” of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining. It certainly agrees in tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the “Memorabilia” that Socrates might have been acquitted “if in any moderate degree he would have conciliated the favour of the dicasts;” and who informs us in another passage, on the testimony of Hermogenes, the fri…
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- AuthorPlato
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1656
- Length16,148 words · 1h 05m of reading
- ChaptersNot detected
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
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