![]() ![]() ![]() This is what prompted Socrates to say that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates reminded those around him to always use their intellect to scrutinize their lives and ask themselves whether they are living their lives truthfully. He looked at philosophy as an instrument to be used by people in their search for justice and truth. He did not even treat it as a profession. Socrates did not treat philosophy as an amusement. In Socrates’ view, philosophy is not about the simple act of hoarding knowledge, but instead, it is about questioning what is already accepted as common knowledge. In doing so, he made an impression that he is different from these types of people in that he lives his life based on his philosophy. He also compared himself with the politicians of his time. ![]() In the early stages of the trial, Socrates compared himself with the sophists and other philosophers that came before him. During the trial, Socrates was around seventy years old, and he not only countered the accusations set against him but also explained his life, which he led around his philosophy. The Apology is one of Plato’s most famous works and is one of the most moving accounts of a man’s philosophical sentiments. The work represents the events of Socrates’s legal defense against the accusations laid out by the Athenian court against him. The Apology is a dialogue written by Plato around 399 B.C. The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David ![]()
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