Apology
...mn me to a great misfortune. Tell me: does this also apply to horses, do you think? That all men improve them and one individual corrupts them? Or is quite the contrary true, one individual is able to improve them, or very few, namely, the horse breeders, whereas the majority, if they have horses and use them, corrupt them? Is that not the case, Meletus, both with horses and all other animals?” (25b.) What Socrates is pleading in his defense is that all other members of society corrupt the youth, and Socrates like a horse breeder raising a horse, improves the youth with his knowledge and wisdom. What Socrates main objective to the jury is is that how can one person corrupt the youth, while the others improve it and the people still not be happy? Surely not one man is able to corrupt the entire youth. What’s interesting about t...