One way to read Plato’s apology is to see it as the record of a truly great man and his untimely death.  From the very beginning we see Socrates as a man who speaks plainly in contrast with the eloquence of his accusers. He claims that the older accusations are the more serious ones, because those accusations were made when … Continue Reading →

Socrates sure seems wise for someone who claims to be ignorant. He does a masterful job of using rhetoric, all the while claiming that he knows nothing about it. Also, Socrates turns some story about a dead guy into a call from God to be the town not job or annoying man. Socrates claims that he’s trying to disprove the … Continue Reading →

True story— when I was 17 my best friend died from bone cancer. He was 19 years old, and he had spent two semesters at college. He came home from school and started to work to save that money to work as a Mormon missionary. One day during that summer, he hurt his leg. When they went to look at … Continue Reading →