Where Euthyphro is convinced that what seems to him to be the morally, as well as legally "correct" way of living is as such; Socrates, in leading Euthyphro (and us) out of the cave, challenges Euthyphro to discern between the appearance of right, good, just, etc. (for example as dark appearances on the wall of a cave), and to discover what they really are in a more absolute sense (for example seen from a position of freedom, beyond the cave). In Apology we are presented with a different scenario. Of course he still asks questions about right and wrong, good and evil, just and unjust, and so on. But in Plato's account of Socrates' final defense against punishment by the state, we see this revealing quality of philosophical inquiry put on trial, so to speak. In other words, it is Socrates' ability to reveal the inherent limitations – or mere myths – of the knowledge people have about their existence “in the cave” (so to speak) that is called into question, i.e. in his ability to corrupt the environment. youth of