(The Apologies, Plato) And everything he did accomplished the mission of the god; it is admirable courage that he continues to do so, even now at the cost of his own life. Here I would first like to ask you, the men of Athens, why should Socrates have mentioned everything I just said, if he really doesn't believe in God like some of you do? accused? Besides, how dare you accuse such a man, who serves the gods at all costs and even risks his life to do so? Doesn’t such a man deserve our respect? Furthermore, as we believe in our gods, how dare we impose such terrible accusations on the wisest man in Athens, sent by the gods to awaken us Athenians? Thrasymachus said in a meeting with Cephalus, which many of us attended, that justice is only done for the benefit of the ruling class and is not as profitable as injustice. (The Republic I, 344a-d), to which most of us disagreed and only Socrates defended justice and convinced him. Let us think today only of justice in the case of Socrates. Are we going to be today