Apology

The Apology, as recorded by Plato, his student, is a bracing defense of the individual in search of truth:

A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong. . . . I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I sh

Élevée au rang de mythe fondateur de la philosophie, l’Apologie de Socrate expose les exigences d’une vie vertueuse telle que la défend Socrate : amour du savoir, souci du vrai, recherche de l’acte et du mot justes.