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1、ApologyPlatoPublished:-4001AboutPlato:Plato(Greek:Plátōn,"wide,broad-shouldered")(428/427BC–348/347BC)wasanancientGreekphilosopher,thesecondofthegreattrioofancientGreeks–Socrates,Plato,originallynamedAristocles,andAris-totle–whobetweenthemlaidthephilosophicalfoundationsofWesternculture.Platow
2、asalsoamathematician,writerofphilosophicaldia-logues,andfounderoftheAcademyinAthens,thefirstinstitutionofhigherlearninginthewesternworld.PlatoiswidelybelievedtohavebeenastudentofSocratesandtohavebeendeeplyinfluencedbyhisteacher'sunjustdeath.Plato'sbrillianceasawriterandthinkercanbewitnessedby
3、readinghisSocraticdialogues.Someofthedialogues,let-ters,andotherworksthatareascribedtohimareconsideredspurious.PlatoisthoughttohavelecturedattheAcademy,althoughthepedago-gicalfunctionofhisdialogues,ifany,isnotknownwithcertainty.Theyhavehistoricallybeenusedtoteachphilosophy,logic,rhetoric,math
4、em-atics,andothersubjectsaboutwhichhewrote.Source:Wikipedia2Socrates'DefenseHowyouhavefelt,OmenofAthens,athearingthespeechesofmyac-cusers,Icannottell;butIknowthattheirpersuasivewordsalmostmademeforgetwhoIwas-suchwastheeffectofthem;andyettheyhavehardlyspokenawordoftruth.Butmanyastheirfalsehood
5、swere,therewasoneofthemwhichquiteamazedme;-Imeanwhentheytoldyoutobeuponyourguard,andnottoletyourselvesbedeceivedbytheforceofmyeloquence.Theyoughttohavebeenashamedofsayingthis,becausetheyweresuretobedetectedassoonasIopenedmylipsanddisplayedmydeficiency;theycertainlydidappeartobemostshamelessin
6、sayingthis,unlessbytheforceofeloquencetheymeantheforceoftruth;forthenIdoindeedadmitthatIameloquent.Butinhowdifferentawayfromtheirs!Well,asIwassaying,theyhavehardlyutteredaword,ornotmorethanaword,oftruth;butyoushallhearfrommethewholetruth:not,however,deliveredaftertheirmanner,inasetorationduly
7、ornamentedwithwordsandphrases.Noindeed!butIshallusethewordsandargumentswhichoccurtomeatthemoment;forIamcertainthatthisisright,andthatatmytimeoflifeIoughtnottobeappearingbeforeyou,OmenofAthens,inthecharacterofajuvenileorator-letnooneexpectthis
