Socratic philosophy has two divine sources because it questions the meaning of a conventional Athenian god. This questioning makes two opposing sides, the diamonic voice vs. Apollo's oracle.
             Socrates begins his defense speech justifying the fact that he will tell the truth "by Zeus" (17b) but immediately backs up his statement of referring to an Athenian god with "men of Athens". In a sense, this use of reference acts on account towards the jury to simply make a speech dedicated to their god, even though ironically his belief in the diamonic voice is his very charge. One could interpret it as a foreshadowing trick that Socrates, while defending himself, is going to tell the truth because that is what philosophers do. In doing this he will prove that philosophers are of the defined good virtue. On the other end of the spectrum Socrates, in making a reference to Zeus, is proving to his listeners that he is guilty of the act, and so in conclusion he is lying. This may seem also as to be Socratic philosophy, meaning it be the questioning of a persuasive argument, in this dialogue being death. Socrates is using his beliefs to make his listeners question their true value. Which inevitably is what he does as a philosopher. Yet this is only a small distinction that is written.
             As Socrates continues within this Platonic dialogue he makes the defense of Chaerephon declaring him to be the wisest of all, proved by Apollo's oracle. To research the name "the wisest being" he seeks to examines the politicians, poets, and artisans and finds that the great intellectual leaders of Athens are ignorant because they suppose they know and do not question that they do not know. Whereas Socrates knows that he does not know. The first interesting parallel speech pattern referring back to the "by Zeus" statement is that he then swears by the dog (22a), to the men of Athens, and then emphasizes that it is &...