Socrates also wishes to further set himself apart from his accusers by stating they had their words prepared in advance, however he will speak fully of the top of his head, as a way to even further prove his innocence, since if it is the truth he is speaking than he wouldn't have needed to prepare his speech. In my own experiences personally I find people more believable when someone hasn't prepared what they are going to say. Socrates is facing two accusations. They are the first and second accusation. Socrates fears his first accusation the most due to the fact that many people are …show more content…
Even after the death sentence is delivered Socrates still sees the prosecutors as the prosecuted. By exclaiming that the death of Socrates will do them more harm than it would do him. Socrates is essentially accusing the same ones who convicted him guilty of not living a good life in respects to their own humanity. He lets the jurors know that by killing him will not allow them to escape examining their lives. One will at some point have to give an account of their life and the best thing in Socrates’ eyes was to be as prepared as