(The Apology, Plato) And all he has done is to fulfill the mission of the god; it is admirable courage that he still does it, even now at the expense of his own life. At this point I would like to ask you Athenians first, why would Socrates mention everything I just said if he really doesn't believe in God as some of you have accused? After all, how dare you accuse such a man, who serves the gods at all costs and even risks his life for this? Doesn't such a man deserve our respect? Furthermore, since we believe in our gods, how dare we make such terrible accusations to the wisest of Athens, who is sent by the gods to awaken us Athenians? Thrasymachus said in a meeting with Cephalus, which many of us attended, that justice is done only for the benefit of the ruling class and not as profitable as injustice. (The Republic I, 344a-d), which most of us disagree with and only Socrates defended justice and convinced him. Today we think only of justice in the case of Socrates. We will be today?