Socrates' courtroom strategy is presented as refusing rhetorical defense and telling jurors that their own reason should reveal his innocence.
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Socrates' courtroom strategy is presented as refusing rhetorical defense and telling jurors that their own reason should reveal his innocence.
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"So it almost seems like this entire trial was a cruel joke put on by the people of Athens to teach Socrates a lesson,..."
"...okay? I mean, Socrates was basically being a jerk during the trial and they still, they voted him guilty, but it was a pretty..."
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