{"date":"May 17","id":"05-17","intro":["Condemned for impiety, Socrates felt so justified in the virtue of his past action that instead of receiving a death sentence, he told the judges he should be maintained at public expense as a public benefactor."],"minutes":15,"readings":[{"author":"Plato","end":30,"start":24,"volume":2,"work":"Apology of Socrates"}],"slug":"may-17","status":"proofread","title":"An Honest Life’s Reward","url":"/harvard-classics/may-17/","words":2943}