The Apology? Plato’s The Apology is a first-hand account of Socrates’ defense in the city of Athens’ trial against him. He has been brought forth for charges of atheism (not recognizing the gods of the state), believing in other gods, and finally, corrupting the youth of Athens with his teachings. Athens, at the time, was in the midst of an extremely unstable political state, and Socrates’ ideas and teachings were believed to be a …showed first 75 words of 1596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1596 total…Socrates simply refuses to use it. Doing so would simply defy his strong principle that the jury should “judge according to law,” rather than “give justice as a favour to whoever seems good to him” (Plato 35c). Socrates would clearly see President Clinton as not virtuous, for he placed his job ahead of his integrity. This is something that Socrates refused to do, even though something of far greater importance, his life, was at risk.