Brett Walter HUM 205 Paper # 5 "The Apology of Socrates" and how it relates to the age old "Golden Rule": <Tab/>What are truth and justice? Can truth and justice accurately be determined or considered in a case of law without first examining the validity of the court structure and entity of the ultimate judging authority? Any individual can be deemed guilty or not, at any time, for any said crime , but the …showed first 75 words of 1299 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1299 total…his conviction, and by the very act of standing trial. found guilty and by being put on trial in the first place. The true substance of the trial was never a criminal matter nor a strain on democracy. It was a challenge to an oppressive and ruling class, and Socrates became a symbol of true wisdom and knowledge, a symbol that needed to be disposed of for the elites to remain the power-holders in society.