Plat. Apol.

The Apology of Socrates

How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I was—so persuasively did they speak; and yet they have hardly uttered a word of truth. But of the many falsehoods told by them, there was one which quite amazed me;—I mean when they said that you should be upon your guard and not allow yourselves to be deceived by the force…Read now

Author: Plato
Sections: 17-42
Translator: Benjamin Jowett

The Apology of Socrates

Plato

translated by Benjamin Jowett

Edition

Benjamin JowettDefaultJowett translationFrom Benjamin Jowett, The Dialogues of Plato (3rd edition, 1892), vol. 2.How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I was—so persuasively did they speak; and yet they have hardly uttered a word of truth. But of the many falsehoods told by them, there was…

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