Of course, as it is often assumed that one’s most heartfelt views come out naturally and without deep thought, some might see thinking during a debate as indicating that one is searching for words that will please the public. Socrates seems to accept the general idea that one’s natural effortless discourse reveals one’s honest views, for in the Apology he tells the jurors that, in contrast to his accusers who use “embroidered and stylized phrases to deceive, he will be expressing the
