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alternative and prepares the way for the alternative of absolutes. This alternative is not without its’ faults. Socratic philosophy is plagued by a destructive element. It reduces the authoritative opinions about political life but replaces it with nothing. This is the vital stem from which the Apology of Socrates is written. Because of the stinging attack on Athenian life, and the opinions they revere so highly, Socrates is placed on trial for his life. The question now, becomes why and in what manner did Socrates refute the gods and is he guilty? Socrates, himself, speaks out against the charges by saying Socrates does injustice and is meddlesome, by investigating the things under the earth and the heavenly things, and by making the weaker the stronger and by teaching others these things. This is the charge of the old accusers. It is seen from an example in The Clouds. Strepsiades goes to Socrates in order to learn how to persuade his son by making the weaker speech the strong...