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Apology Part 2 Summary | Defense vs the Later Accusers

Socrates defends himself against the accusations of Meletus & others. Summary of part 2 of Plato's Apology (24b-28b) Plato's Apology playlist:    • Plato's Apology   0:00 Review of Part 1 & context for the Part 2 speech 0:41 Summarizes the charges, calls out Meletus 1:08 Skill at improving youth is rare 1:39 No one would deliberately corrupt the youth 2:01 Paradox in the charge of atheism #Plato #Socrates #Apology Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis Thumbnail Image: Plato. By Unknown - https://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Page..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Images: The Oracle of Delphi Entranced. By Heinrich Leutemann - http://imgur.com/gallery/Dv8J6, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ACMA Athéna contemplative. By Marsyas, 17 December 2005, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... The supposedly incurable horse "Cruiser", under the treatment of Mr. Rarey, a famous American horse-trainer. By http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/o... http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/i..., CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Paradox. By User:Sahehco - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Transcript: Hello, I’m Dr. Anadale. In this video I will go over the main content of Part 2 of Plato’s Apology. In Part 1, Socrates distinguished between two sets of accusers, and addressed the allegations of the earlier accusers, and his bad reputation. Part 1 ends with the story of the Oracle, and how it launched Socrates’ mission of questioning his fellow Athenians, looking for wisdom and not finding it. In Part 2, Socrates turns to the later accusers, the three men prosecuting him in court today. He begins by summarizing the charges against him: Socrates is an evildoer, and corrupts the youth, and does not believe in the gods of the city. He accuses Meletus of frivolous prosecution, and calls him out for questioning before the jury. Under examination from Socrates, Meletus ends up claiming that everyone in Athens improves the youth, but only Socrates corrupts them. Socrates challenges him with another livestock comparison: the knowledge and skill needed to make horses excellent is rare, not common, and so relatively few people, the horse trainers, are able to improve horses. Socrates suggests the situation is the same with the youth of Athens: very few people can improve them morally, while the majority of people lack the knowledge and skill to do so. Under further questioning, Meletus claims that Socrates corrupts the youth deliberately, not accidentally. Socrates points out that anyone who makes the youth worse makes the city worse, and thus makes his own life worse. No one would deliberately choose to make his own life worse, so Meletus’ accusation is nonsense. After more questioning, Meletus makes a third claim: that Socrates is an atheist, and believes in no gods or divinities whatsoever. Socrates then points out that the indictment Meletus swore out against him accuses Socrates of believing in and teaching others to believe in strange spirits or demigods, other than the gods of Athens. Having exposed the contradiction at the heart of Meletus’ final accusation, Socrates announces he is done with him. Part 2 finishes with Socrates’ statement that, if he is convicted, it will not be because of the accusations of Meletus and the others, but because of his other enemies’ spite. We will turn to Part 3 next. Goodbye.