c thoughts, which made him very untrustworthy in the eyes of the citizens.
Meletus says that Socrates is guilty of corrupting the youth, but Socrates disagrees, and furthermore states that
"Meletus is guilty of dealing frivolously with serious matters, of irresponsibly bringing people into court, and of professing to be seriously concerned with things about none of which he has ever cared" (Apology, 24c, p.10).
Here Socrates is telling us that Meletus is trying to act concerned when in actuality he has no knowledge of the true reason he brought Socrates to court. Socrates asked Meletus to tell him of the people who make our youth righteous. Socrates wants to establish which people of this city teach the children right and which people influence the children in a negative form. When confronted with this question Meletus was silent. He did not have an answer to this simple question and there
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