In the reading “Plato's Apology of Socrates”, Plato makes an argument that he is not supposed to be stopped or prosecuted because he does not believe in God and his continuous enlightenment of the poor masses. Moreover, he argues with Miletus who accuses him of teaching moral virtues such as piety and wisdom yet such things are supposed to be taught only by people who believe in God. Plato then proceed to dispel the notion that he is not the wisest person in the world contrary to what was the common belief in Athens. When he is found guilty of corrupting the youth. Instead of getting scared, Plato argues that actually probably death could be one of the blessings to human beings yet they continue fearing it all the time.
The key question to this reading is: Why would the Greek system allow the Plato’s trial be held in public yet his utterances were deemed to destabilize Athens?
The concepts of logical necessity and logical possibility are key aspects in philosophy that have had serious impacts to how people view the world and its people. Logical necessity refers to a situation whereby state of things is made to be as they are because in the view of normal reason, no other alternative of the same is possible. For example; It is common knowledge that when one reads for exams, they will pass. If therefore one reads for exams, then definitely it means they will pass. Logical possibility on the other hand means that there has to be a different state of things as they appear now as in another world. For example, philosophers would argue that; the fact that President Trump is a billionaire in the current world means that he could be a poor person in another world.
Work Cited
Erler, Michael. "‘‘Plato Socraticus’ – The Apology Of Socrates And Euthyphro". Peitho. Examina Antiqua, no. 1(2), 2018, pp. 79-92. Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, doi:10.14746/pea.2011.1.5.
