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This passage occurs after Socrates is sentenced to death. Rather than expressing anger, Socrates points out that he could easily have avoided this outcome by saying things to the jury that they “would most gladly have heard”—namely, “lamentations and tears” that may have appealed to their emotions. This, of course, would have been rhetorically manipulative, as such behavior relies upon a kind of persuasion that has nothing to do with honesty or virtue. This is precisely why Socrates was unwilling to act like this, since he believes doing so would have been shameful. Furthermore, when he says that he does…