Apology of Socrates

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Platonic dialogue ancient Greek literature philosophical work

Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Plato's Apology 9
"Apology" by Plato 1
Apology (Plato) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
circaDateOfComposition 4th century BC ⓘ
containsFamousClaim no one knowingly does wrong ⓘ
the unexamined life is not worth living ⓘ
wisdom consists in knowing that one does not know ⓘ
describesEvent Socrates’ cross-examination of accusers ⓘ
Apology of Socrates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Socrates’ defense speech

Socrates’ reflections on death ⓘ
Socrates’ sentencing ⓘ
focusesOn Socrates’ daimonion ⓘ
Socratic method ⓘ
genre philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasAccuser Anytus ⓘ
Lycon ⓘ
Meletus ⓘ
historicalBasis trial of Socrates in 399 BC ⓘ
historicalContext Athenian democracy after the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
influenced Western philosophy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophy of education ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
partOf Platonic corpus ⓘ
philosophicalPosition Socratic ignorance ⓘ
divine mission of philosophy ⓘ
moral intellectualism ⓘ
priority of the soul over the body ⓘ
portrays Socrates as a gadfly of Athens ⓘ
relatedWork Crito ⓘ
Euthyphro ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
settingEvent trial of Socrates ⓘ
settingPlace Athens ⓘ
theme civic duty ⓘ
corruption of the youth ⓘ
death ⓘ
justice ⓘ
philosophical inquiry ⓘ
piety ⓘ
relationship between philosophy and politics ⓘ
the examined life ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
timeOfNarrative 399 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Crito → appearsIn → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Apology" by Plato
subject surface form: The Death of Socrates
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates → comparedWith → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Apology of Socrates → describesEvent → Apology of Socrates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socrates’ defense speech
trial of Socrates → hasPrimarySource → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
trial of Socrates → hasRelatedWork → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
La Mort de Socrate → inspiredBy → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
Meletus → knownFromSource → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Critobulus → mentionedIn → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Simmias of Thebes → mentionedIn → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Socrates → portrayedIn → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Anytus → portrayedInWork → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Aristophanes' play Clouds → referencedIn → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Clouds
this entity surface form: Plato's Apology
Memorabilia → relatedWork → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates (Plato)
Κρίτων → relatedWork → Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology (Plato)