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Author : Plato
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0801485746
Translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense and on the charges against him.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037650533
Author : Thomas G. West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1012175558
This book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy the Clouds). This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues which also includes the Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry. Thomas G. West's introduction provides an overview of the principal themes and arguments of the four works. There are extensive explanatory notes to the translations.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0801485746
Author : Plato
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486111346
Among the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought: the dialogues entitled Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo. Translations by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1069271493
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0865164983
Socrates (469-399 BC) is one of history's most enigmatic figures. Our knowledge of him comes to us second-hand, primarily from the philosopher Plato, who was Socrates' most gifted student, and from the historian and sometime-philosopher Xenophon, who counted himself as a member of Socrates' inner circle of friends. We also hear of Socrates in one comic play produced during his lifetime (Aristophanes' Clouds) and in passing from the philosopher Aristotle, a student of Plato. Socrates is a figure of enduring interest. He is often considered the father of Western Philosophy, yet the four most famous accounts we have of him present a contradictory, confusing picture. Just who was Socrates? A brilliant philosopher, at times confounding and infuriating, morally serious and yet ironic; the ever-worldly man, sometime mystic, and uncommon martyr depicted by Plato? Or did Plato conflate Socrates' views with his own startling genius, as Aristotle suggests? Was So rates instead the less impressive, more mundane man whose commonsense impressed the laconic Xenophon? Or was Socrates the charlatan, the long-winded phony of Aristophanes' play? The Socratic works of Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD), Libanius (AD 314 -- c. 393), Maximus of 'Tyre (2nd century AD), and Apuleius (born c. AD 125) add important dimensions to the portrait of Socrates: Diogenes Laertius' Life of Socrates emphasizes Socrates' deep ethical nature and his extraordinary personality; Libanius' Apology of Socrates is based on sources now lost to us; Maximus of Tyre's Whether Socrates Did the Right Thing When He Did Not Defend Himself makes the star ling claim (against testimony of Plato and Xenophon) that Socrates never spoke athis own trial; from Apuleius' On the God of Socrates we hear at length of Socrates' infamous daimonion: the "divine sign" only mentioned elsewhere, the sign that warned Socrates against certain courses of action. In short, from these four texts we are reintroduced to Socrates, and new wrinkles are added to an already intriguing historical figure.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781434458162
Included in this volume are "Euthyphro," "Apology," "Crito," and the Death Scene from "Phaedo." Translated by F.J. Church. Revisions and Introduction by Robert D. Cumming.
Author : Plato,David M. Johnson
Publisher : Focus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Greece
ISBN : 1585100692
Selections from Plato's 'Symposium', 'Alcibiades I', and 'Alcibiades II', with the complete fragments of the dialogue 'Alcibiades' by Aeschines of Sphettus. These translations and their accompanying notes and essay provide a rich discussion of how Athens' greatest philosopher loved and tried to teach his most ambitious young student, and why Athens turned on both of them.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000062281
The Apology of Socrates was written by Plato. In fact, it’s a defensive speech of Socrates that he said in a court noted down by Plato.The main subject of the speech is a problem of the evil. Socrates insists that neither death nor death sentence is evil. We shouldn’t be afraid of the death because we don’t know anything about it. Socrates proved that the death shouldn’t be taken as the evil with the following dilemma: the death is either a peace or a transit from this life to the next. Both can’t be called evil. Consequently, the death shouldn’t be treated as evil.
Author : I. F. Stone
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780385260329
In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The New York Times called this national best-seller an "intellectual thriller."
Author : Plato
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780359861118
The Trial and Death of Socrates includes the four Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo.
Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-02-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141915449
After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views. In 'Socrates' Defence' Xenophon defends his mentor against charges of arrogance made at his trial, while the 'Memoirs of Socrates' also starts with an impassioned plea for the rehabilitation of a wronged reputation. Along with 'The Estate-Manager', a practical economic treatise, and 'The Dinner-Party', a sparkling exploration of love, Xenophon's dialogues offer fascinating insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and daily life of ancient Greece.
Author : Roosevelt Montas
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691224398
A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9357001174
A new version of Plato's four-part discourse extolling Socrates' brilliance. Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution in 399 BC marks a turning point in Western literature as well as in ancient Athens' way of life. In these four dialogues, Plato elaborates on the Socratic notion of personal accountability and illustrates how Socrates, who was ordered by his fellow Athenians to commit suicide, lived and died in accordance with his own philosophy. In Euthyphro, Socrates engages in a discussion about goodness outside the courtroom; in Apology, he defends himself against all accusations of impiety; in Crito, he rejects a plea to be let out of prison; and in Phaedo, he approaches death with composure and an insightful discussion of eternity.
