Resumen de Did Socrates intend to commit suicide?A rereading of the defense of Socrates in Xenophon's Apology
- español
En los últimos años, varios comentaristas han argumentado que Sócrates, en el momento de su juicio, tenía la intención de morir, y que por lo tanto utilizó la megalêgoria ("jactancia") para provocar a sus jueces a condenarlo a muerte. En contra de esta lectura de la Apología, me propongo demostrar que Sócrates se defiende a sí mismo durante el proceso, y que la intención de su megalêgoria no es provocar a los jueces para que le condenen a muerte.
- English
In recent years, several commentators have argued that Socrates, at the time of his trial, intended to die, and that he therefore used megalêgoria ("boasting") to provoke his judges into condemning him to death. Contrary to this reading of the Apology, I shall endeavor to show that Socrates actually defends himself during his trial, and that the intention behind his choice of megalêgoria is not to provoke his judges into condemning him to death.
