In the, “Apology, we can see dialogue on how Socrates pleads in his own self-defense. Socrates is on trial for his life because he is known as a non conformist. One important fact that must be addressed is that Socrates understood what the Athenians did not. Socrates did not believe the claim of his wisdom and was willing to disprove it. In order to do that, he decided to question three different citizens on the topic they should be knowledgeable about. Socrates also questioned the Athenians while on trial to refute the allegations brought against him. In his conversations with the Athenians, Socrates questions before and during the trial were ineffective because he was still convicted of his crime.

While on trial, Socrates tells of his interactions while questioning all people of knowledge. Socrates says “where wisdom is concerned, those who …show more content…
Socrates then asks him several questions on the claim of him corrupting the youth. One of the questions that Socrates poses is “who improves them?”(28). From this question stems a series of questions relating to how it is untrue that Socrates is the one corrupting the youth. In looking at these series of questions, Socrates uses reverse psychology and metaphors as his method of questioning. Socrates’ questions are essentially ineffective because at the end of the trial; he is convicted. However, the questions did allow for 220 of the jury members to understand his point enough that “if a mere 30 votes had been cast differently [Socrates] had have been acquitted” (40).
In summation, Socrates’ method of questioning both the intellectuals and the jury has proven to be ineffective.The ineffectiveness of his questions stems from his inability to sway the jury members in his favor. His discoveries about wisdom and his ability to sway 220 jury members, though slightly beneficial for him ,did not prove his method of questioning to be