ng" as he suggested inAristophanes' "Clouds". By virtue of Socrates' turn,philosophy now becomes political. The "Apology" presents acritique of political life from the view of philosophy. Socratesdisrupts prevailing opinions without providing a substantialopinion to replace it. This may be intentional as to let mandecide between his longings and the necessity of political life.The problem now is how to make philsoophy friendly topolitics. Whether or not that can be done is not to beanswered here....
