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I am non so certain if Socrates approach to his defense is particularly the brightest one, and it certainly is not an apology as the title has named it, but, there is a certain firmness in the simple, plain structured arguments he presents. One of the first things he mentions, is for the jury to pardon him, in the case that he should slip into his wonted(a) way of verbalize, just as they would pardon a foreigner for speaking in his accustomed manner. This appears to me to be a wise idea, as it is true, thus far in todays society that we tend to judge people on boldness value. People who do not speak English well, as Socrates would not have spoken "court language" very well, tend to be jusdged as stupid. Socrates next points out that Meletus is not the first man to point him. He adresse...