Examples Of Socrates Corrupting The Youth

Socrates undermines the claim that he is intentionally corrupting the youth by asking Meletus a series of questions that make him explain his reasoning for accusing Socrates of this crime. Socrates would start by placing Meletus into a hole with his many questions asking who exactly was good for the youth and it turned out to be everyone but Socrates. He continues this argument by bringing up why would he corrupt the youth when they could potentially be his neighbors one day. It is common sense that if someone is corrupted by evil they are more than likely to cause evil themselves which would harm others which is ultimately detrimental to society as a whole. In that case no one would intentionally cause corruption and if they did people should