Summary Of Socrates Argument For Meletus
Socrates’ argument for Meletus, Anytus and Lycon.
Meletus
Youth
Meletus, let me ask a question of you. Do you think a great deal of improvement of the youth?
Tell me then, who is their improver; as you have taken the pains to discover their corrupter. Speak now. Who improves the youth?
If he is silent: Observe, Meletus, that you are silent, Who improves the youth? Are you not interested in the matter? You must be
If he says the law, society or religion: But that sir was not my question; Who is the PERSON that improves the youth.
If he says: Judges, any citizen or not you: Are you trying to say that they are able to instruct and improve youth?
If he says yes: Do all of them improve the youth, or some and not others?
If he says not all …show more content…
If athenian society: Sir that was not my question, WHO pleases the gods?
If a specific person: Does all of athens please the gods?
If type of people (like judges, carpenters, stone masons): Do all the _____s please the gods or just some of them?
If no: Then how does that separate me from the other men that corrupt the young, and why are they not in trial?
If yes: So your telling me that all the ______s please the gods?
if no: Then why aren't they on trial?
If yes: Do all 501 jury men please the gods?
If yes: Does every man in athens please the gods?
If no: Then why aren't they on trial?
If yes: Does every man in athens please the gods?
If no: Then why aren't they on trial?
Rule of Thirty
Do you like the rule of thirty?
If you were in my shoes would you have saved Leon of Salamis?
So you're saying that you would have fought against the thirty tyrants to save Leon of Salamis?
Do you think that every athenian citizen would have fought for Leon of Salamis?
What do you think of mistakes?
Does everybody make mistakes?
Can you forgive someone who makes a mistake?
Would you consider me not saving Leon of Salamis a mistake?
If no:
Meletus
Youth
Meletus, let me ask a question of you. Do you think a great deal of improvement of the youth?
Tell me then, who is their improver; as you have taken the pains to discover their corrupter. Speak now. Who improves the youth?
If he is silent: Observe, Meletus, that you are silent, Who improves the youth? Are you not interested in the matter? You must be
If he says the law, society or religion: But that sir was not my question; Who is the PERSON that improves the youth.
If he says: Judges, any citizen or not you: Are you trying to say that they are able to instruct and improve youth?
If he says yes: Do all of them improve the youth, or some and not others?
If he says not all …show more content…
If athenian society: Sir that was not my question, WHO pleases the gods?
If a specific person: Does all of athens please the gods?
If type of people (like judges, carpenters, stone masons): Do all the _____s please the gods or just some of them?
If no: Then how does that separate me from the other men that corrupt the young, and why are they not in trial?
If yes: So your telling me that all the ______s please the gods?
if no: Then why aren't they on trial?
If yes: Do all 501 jury men please the gods?
If yes: Does every man in athens please the gods?
If no: Then why aren't they on trial?
If yes: Does every man in athens please the gods?
If no: Then why aren't they on trial?
Rule of Thirty
Do you like the rule of thirty?
If you were in my shoes would you have saved Leon of Salamis?
So you're saying that you would have fought against the thirty tyrants to save Leon of Salamis?
Do you think that every athenian citizen would have fought for Leon of Salamis?
What do you think of mistakes?
Does everybody make mistakes?
Can you forgive someone who makes a mistake?
Would you consider me not saving Leon of Salamis a mistake?
If no: