apologia

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The proceedings of the resulting trial were immortalized in Plato’s Apologia, where Socrates presents his defense of his life’s work as a philosopher.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Alexander Peredruk, senior partner of the Apologia of Protest legal aid group involved in the defense of over 1,000 detainees from the Saturday protests, called the authorities’ response “unprecedented.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2021

The Times said the ex-West Wing star is "quite brilliant" in Apologia, in which she plays an art historian at odds with her two sons and their partners.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2017

Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Beans: An Apologia for Not Loving to Cook” strikes me as a small anti-food classic.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2012

Johannes Kepler’s 1601 Apologia Pro Tychone Contra Ursum, for instance, is an immaculate judicial oration—on the subject of astronomy.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith