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The '''Apology''' was a work by [[Plato]]'s which describes Socrates' speech in defense of himself during his trial in 399 B.C. It begins with:<ref>[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html MIT classics - translation by Benjamin Jowett]</ref>
The '''Apology''' was a work by [[Plato]]'s which describes [[Socrates]]' speech in defense of himself during his trial in 399 B.C. It begins with:<ref>[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html MIT classics - translation by Benjamin Jowett]</ref>
{{cquote|How you have felt, O men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that their persuasive words almost made me forget who I was - such was the effect of them; and yet they have hardly spoken a word of truth. But many as their falsehoods were, there was one of them which quite amazed me; - I mean when they told you to be upon your guard, and not to let yourselves be deceived by the force of my eloquence. They ought to have been ashamed of saying this, because they were sure to be detected as soon as I opened my lips and displayed my deficiency; they certainly did appear to be most shameless in saying this, unless by the force of eloquence they mean the force of truth; for then I do indeed admit that I am eloquent. But in how different a way from theirs! ....}}
{{cquote|How you have felt, O men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that their persuasive words almost made me forget who I was - such was the effect of them; and yet they have hardly spoken a word of truth. But many as their falsehoods were, there was one of them which quite amazed me; - I mean when they told you to be upon your guard, and not to let yourselves be deceived by the force of my eloquence. They ought to have been ashamed of saying this, because they were sure to be detected as soon as I opened my lips and displayed my deficiency; they certainly did appear to be most shameless in saying this, unless by the force of eloquence they mean the force of truth; for then I do indeed admit that I am eloquent. But in how different a way from theirs! ....}}
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