The Innocence of SocratesAt the age of seventy, Socrates is ordered in court to defend himself and his conduct for two main reasons: being an atheist (create false gods) and corrupt the young. Socrates must defend himself from the false accusations made against him. For many years many have leveled accusations against Socrates; but Meletus, Anytus and Lycon accused Socrates of “having made a mistake in that he is concerned with studying things in the sky and under the earth; makes the worst a stronger argument and teaches the same things to others” (Plato 23). Ironically, in Socrates' eyes the reason he believes he is wise is due to the simple fact that he knows he knows nothing, and admits it. Therefore, in this article, based on Socrates' appeal to ignorance, I will argue that he should be declared innocent. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayNext, a friend of Socrates goes to the Oracle at Delphi where he receives the news that he (Socrates) was the wisest of men because he realizes he knows nothing. Socrates denies this statement and goes to one of those reputedly wise, thinking he can refute the oracle and tell him that there is someone wiser than him. In his quest for redemption, however, Socrates encounters several “experts” consisting of a poet, a craftsman/politician, and an orator, whom he believed to be wiser than him. As a result, these men came to detest him and Socrates retreated, exporting their ignorance and realizing that he was wiser. “Socrates thought to himself, “I am wiser than this man, probably neither of us knows anything useful, but he thinks he knows something when he doesn't” (Plato 25). Socrates concludes that he is wiser to this small extent because he realizes that the connection between virtue and wisdom and the importance of one's self-knowledge could be beneficial to all of society as a whole, not just to an individual man. the Apology, Meletus, Anytus and Lycon accused Socrates of corrupting the young. However, Socrates believes that Meletus is hypocritical in the sense that he made accusations against Socrates and brought many people to court to hear this case. Meletus pretended to care about the corruption of the youth when in reality all he cared about was seeing Socrates condemned. Socrates tells Meletus that if he has corrupted the young man, he has done so against his will. Socrates says: “either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, I do it unwillingly” (Plato 29). Socrates admits that he doesn't always have the answer and that he isn't always right in his own way. But, in his defense, Socrates believes that by asking questions and admitting his ignorance he will learn better and stop doing what he is doing. Socrates proceeds to tell Meletus, “you, however, have avoided my company and have been unwilling to instruct me, but bring me hither, where the law requires that those who need punishment, not instruction, be brought” (Plato 29 Furthermore, Meleto was never interested in this matter. It is Socrates' belief that Meletus must instruct him, advise him of his so-called "wrong actions". Socrates believes that “the law does not require that you [Meletus] bring people to court for such involuntary wrong-doings, but that you seize them in private, to instruct and exhort them” (Plato 29). However, Socrates wonders who is an expert in this kind of excellence, who is the wisest, who should be the judge? Once again, Socrates questions all the different conceptions and deliberates on who is the expert on right and wrong. It is this honest questioning, the investigation that provokes knowledge from within and, ironically, what leads Socrates to his death. Based on this, I find that the argument 42).