What is Socrates best argument to prove his innocence? (In The Apology)

The Apology was written by Plato, and relates Socrates' defense at his trial on charges of corrupting the youth and impiety. Socrates argues that he is innocent of both charges. Socrates concludes the Apology by arguing that a just man should have no fear of death. Socrates, in his conviction from the Athenian jury, was both innocent and guilty as charged. Socrates was only guilty as charged because his peers had concluded him as such. The laws didn't find Socrates guilty; Socrates was guilty because his jurors enforced the laws. The law couldn't enforce itself.

At the end of his trial Socrates argued: “If I say that it is the greatest good for a man to discuss virtue every day and those other things about which you hear me conversing and testing myself and others, for the unexamined life is not worth living for men, you will believe me even less.”

Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth. He was defending himself and his conception of philosophy, however, Socrates was found guilty and he was sentenced to death.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

that's a lot of reading foo

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