Plаtо's Apоlоgy Use books аnd cite pаssages with Stephanus numbers properly. A. Socrates spends a lot of time dealing with the propaganda about him in the culture to deal with the slogans of the mob and the biases against him in order to get the jury to listen to his arguments. Explain these slanders (viz. that he was a Sophist and a Pre-Socratic atheist) and how he showed these to be false. All of us could have sat in the jury in 399 B.C., how difficult is it for us to be rationally objective and ignore our biases and, actually, listen to someone’s arguments and practice the principle of charity? Give examples from your life or in the media today. B. How did Socrates get his life’s mission? Explain how he didn’t take it on “blind faith”, but it was a “trust, but verify” skeptical view that he had. After time, he came to have more and more justification that God did give accurate information that drove him to find his life’s purpose. In your answer, explain the difference between a “blind faith” and a definition of faith that is “trust in things you have good reasons to believe are true.” Explain how Socrates did this and how we might do this (if God exists and cared/cares about us enough to give us information about how to live life). C. Socrates is not always correct. In his discussion of death, he gives his thanatology. He says there are two options at death and both of these are not terrible. What are these options that he gives (cite with Stephanus numbers), and what are the other options he ignores from Ancient Greece (e.g. from Pre-Socratic philosophers, Homer’s Odyssey in Odysseus’ discussion with Achilles in Hades) and other worldviews (e.g. Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc.). Last Update: 24 April 2025