choose them wisely. A good teacher knows that he does not know everything. In his defense, he's not corrupting the youth or he was doing it unknowingly. 2) Socrates was denying the traditional gods of the city. Socrates was saying that, they were accusing him of not believing in gods, but they admit that he believes in spirits and to believe in spirits one must believe in gods. 3) Socrates is introducing new gods into the city. Socrates confirms that he believed in gods because of the above statements. However, Socrates never once said that he believed in the "traditional gods". We are now understanding that Socrates is - 5 -very committed to philosophy and to the people of his town and also that he has been very truthful with others because that is what he is trying to teach; truth and virtue. Can they both be taught?In the trial when Socrates has a chance to defend himself, his responses did not seem to be very serious to his accusers. I believe that Socrates was primarily interested in promoting the importance of the philosophical way of life and cared nothing or little about his own acquittal. So Socrates constructed two very similar arguments by responding to his " first " accuser and then to his actual prosecutors. He was seeking to show that he was not guilty of any wrongdoing that had been specified. Yet during the trial (30c2-31c3) Socrates offers the jury a new reason for realing him. He pleads, " not for myself, as one might think, but for you, that you do not err utterly regarding this gift of the god by voting against me" (30d5-e1) He believes that humans who do injustice really are doing injustice to themselves. They are ruining their own soul. They are not being true to themselves as he states " Know well that if you kill me, being the sort of person I say I am, you will not injure me more than you injure yourself." This definitely shows t...
