The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140449280 ISBN 13: 9780140449280

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2003

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The trial and death of Socrates (469-399 BCE) have almost as central a place in Western consciousness as the trial and death of Jesus. In four superb dialogues, Plato provides the classic account. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court-house, debating the nature of piety, while the Apology is his robust rebuttal of the charges of impiety and a defence of the philosopher's life. In the Crito, while awaiting execution in prison, Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape. Finally, in the Phaedo, he is shown calmly confident in the face of death, skilfully arguing the case for the immortality of the soul.

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Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands with Socrates and Aristotle as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He founded the Academy in Athens, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and theprototype of all Western universities. 

Hugh Tredennick was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at London University.

Harold Tarrant is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the Univesity of Sydney.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0140449280
• ISBN 13: 9780140449280
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Herausgeber: Tarrant Harold
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