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Socrates' defense against Meletus' charge of atheism doesn't include:
{ 1 } - Showing that belief in divine activities implies belief in god.
{ 2 } - A plea of insanity on the basis that he is hearing the god speak.
{ 3 } - Showing that he is charged with the theories of Anaxagoras.
{ 4 } - Showing that Meletus contradicts himself.
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Socrates' defense against Meletus' charge of atheism doesn't include:
{ 1 } - Showing that belief in divine activities implies belief in god.
{ 2 } - A plea of insanity on the basis that he is hearing the god speak.
{ 3 } - Showing that he is charged with the theories of Anaxagoras.
{ 4 } - Showing that Meletus contradicts himself.
See 27b-28a
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Socrates' defense against Meletus' charge of atheism doesn't include:
{ 1 } - Showing that belief in divine activities implies belief in god.
{ 2 } - A plea of insanity on the basis that he is hearing the god speak.
{ 3 } - Showing that he is charged with the theories of Anaxagoras.
{ 4 } - Showing that Meletus contradicts himself.
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Socrates' defense against Meletus' charge of atheism doesn't include:
{ 1 } - Showing that belief in divine activities implies belief in god.
{ 2 } - A plea of insanity on the basis that he is hearing the god speak.
{ 3 } - Showing that he is charged with the theories of Anaxagoras.
{ 4 } - Showing that Meletus contradicts himself.
See 26d-e.
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Socrates' defense against Meletus' charge of atheism doesn't include:
{ 1 } - Showing that belief in divine activities implies belief in god.
{ 2 } - A plea of insanity on the basis that he is hearing the god speak.
{ 3 } - Showing that he is charged with the theories of Anaxagoras.
{ 4 } - Showing that Meletus contradicts himself.
The contradiction is that in saying that Socrates does not believe in the gods at all (26c), Meletus is contradicting his official charge that Socrates believes in new divinities (26b). The "new divinities" refers to Socrates' divine sign from god (See 31c).
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