Kesempurnaan Jiwa
  Kanisius Teobaldus Deki           Foto: www.kompasiana.com                  D        alam Apologia  Sokrates menerangkan kepada hakim-hakimnya, bahwa ia menganggap sebagai tugasnya mengingatkan para warga negara Athena supaya mereka mengutamakan jiwa mereka dan bukan kemewahan, kekayaan, kehormatan atau hal-hal lain yang tidak sebanding dengan jiwa. Dalam pembelaannya Sokrates menyapa hakim-hakimnya sebagai berikut:                   “Suppose that... you said to me ‘Socrates, on this occasion we shall disregard Anytus and acquit you, but only on one condition, that you give up spending your time on this quest and stop philosophizing. If we catch you going on in the same way, you shall be put to death’. Well, supposing, as I said, that you should offer to acquit me on these terms, I should reply, “gentlemen, I am your very grateful and devoted servant, but I owe a greater obedience to God than to you; and so lon...