The Apology

The Apology describes Socrates' state of mind at his trial and execution, and especially his view that it was better to die before senility set in than to escape execution by humbling himself before an unjust persecution.

《申辩》描述了苏格拉底在审判和执行死刑时的心态，特别是他认为在老年痴呆症到来之前死去，比在不公正的迫害面前通过贬低自己来逃避死刑要好。

Socrates in the first instance answered: 'What! do I not seem to you to have spent my whole life in meditating my defence?'

苏格拉底首先回答说：‘怎么！你不觉得我一生都在思考我的辩护吗？’