Apology of Socrates

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:author gptkb:Plato
gptkbp:court gptkb:Athenian_court
gptkbp:dialogue_structure defense speech
gptkbp:genre gptkb:dialogue
gptkbp:has_been_accused_of corrupting the youth
impiety
gptkbp:historical_context Socratic trial
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Apology of Socrates
gptkbp:influence Western philosophy
gptkbp:is_debated_in role of the philosopher
importance of virtue
knowledge and ignorance
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Socrates
gptkbp:notable_quote The unexamined life is not worth living.
I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing.
gptkbp:outcome death sentence
gptkbp:philosophy Socratic method
gptkbp:published 4th century BC
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:socrates'_accusers gptkb:Meletus
gptkb:Anytus
gptkb:Lycon
gptkbp:socrates'_defense rational discourse
gptkbp:socrates'_defense_strategy irony
gptkbp:socrates'_final_words Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius.
gptkbp:socrates'_influence influenced Christian thought
gptkbp:socrates'_legacy inspiration for future philosophers
gptkbp:socrates'_method dialectical method
questioning assumptions
gptkbp:socrates'_trial_date 399 BC
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_authority question authority
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_death not to be feared
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_democracy critical of Athenian democracy
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_education education is a means to achieve virtue
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_ethics ethics is based on reason
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_happiness happiness is linked to virtue
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_knowledge knowledge is a virtue
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_self-knowledge self-knowledge is essential
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_the_gods believed in divine signs
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_the_good_life the good life is a life of virtue.
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_the_soul the soul is immortal
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_the_state the state should promote virtue
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_virtue virtue is knowledge
gptkbp:socrates'_view_on_wisdom wisdom is knowing one's ignorance
gptkbp:theme gptkb:justice
gptkb:wisdom
truth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Xenophon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5