Apology
Plato recorded Socrates defending himself at trial — not with legal arguments, but with the case that an examined life is the only one worth living.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Why It Matters
Plato recorded Socrates defending himself at trial — not with legal arguments, but with the case that an examined life is the only one worth living. It is the founding document of Western philosophy's self-image: the thinker who would rather die than stop asking questions. "The unexamined life is not worth living" comes from here, and it changed everything.
The 
Take
Personal reviewSocrates argues almost annoying as I do. Clearly he was just super annoying so everyone hated him. Still fun though to see him accept death willingly just to seem right in an argument
Notable Quotes
“I know that I know nothing.”
“I would rather die having spoken in my manner, than speak in your manner and live.”
“No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”