Plato’s Apology: The Trial of Socrates

Plato's apology is anything but an apology. It's Socrates rigorous defense of his conduct as well as his thoughts on death and wickedness. To Socrates, it is better to face death as a righteous person than live as a wicked one. Death could be one of two possibilities: One, it could be like a great sleep where we lose all our senses but are at peaace. Or two, Socrates believes his soul will go to another place where he will be able to philosophize and converse with others all he wants. Either way, the jumping into the mystery of death is preferable to leading a life of evil,
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[dWRLDx]

definitely went out w my girl this weekend and had an exam today 😭 appreciate ya

[qualia_or_illusion]

That was a fun summary, thanks. By the way, are you planning on doing more summaries of philosophy books? I really like this content format of yours and it is great for starting a new book, it feels like reading it after a video like this is more efficient to understand. Comparable to a warm-up.

[Bubba.mitchell]

I don’t have a paper I just happened to get into philosophy because I thought it would be fun and then I research on my own time. As a class I thought it was a better use of my time than doing an English class I’m scared of.

[euniqu]

i feel so seen hearing the intro lol, good vid new subkrooberls

[SuccessMindset]

Repeat of this event is notable nowadays

[tobymartin]

What sort of philosopher flirts with a statistician anyway...?
When reading this, one thing I got from it is the idea that Socrates was trying to get them to be steadfast in their way as he was. Exiling them would have been an easier way out for them, and it would sit better on their collective conscience, but Socrates points out that if they're even considering the death sentence to be a suitable punishment for him, then they'd better have the courage of their convictions, because they can't rely on him to stop or beg for his life. He was sentenced to death, and he still made sure they felt the sting of it more than he did.

[zainab_shamim]

God bless you man I guess I will ace my test

[theorder]

Nice video, random question but what made you have a mosquito as your character? Does it represent something

[niajones]

I tried to read it, but I simply don’t understand it

[Edward-]

Actually you were half right I Wendy to go workout and watched this the day we have to have a convo about it I appreciate it either way

[decorumgun]

reading it Socrates just sounds like a humble bragging troll and I think he messed with the wrong people. oops consequences. not saying it's justified to execute people for going around making them feel like idiots, but I can see why people were pissed at him.

This creator would be more interesting if he was a bit less Heterosexual in his projections. 💙

[Voicefreason]

I would’ve liked and subscribed had you not had too much foulness