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

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014044582X ISBN 13: 9780140445824

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1993

Synopsis

Plato. The Last Days of Socrates. London, Penguin Books, 1993. 13 cm x 20 cm. 237 Pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight tear on the front cover. Annotations throughout the book. A small ink stain on few pages. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Includes for example the following essays: HOLINESS - Socrates in Confrontation: Euthyphro / JUSTICE AND DUTY (I) - Socrates Speaks at His Trial: the Apology / JUSTICE AND DUTY (2) - Socrates in Prison: Crito / WISDOM AND THE SOUL - Socrates about to Die: Phaedo / etc.

About this title

Synopsis:

Socrates spent a lifetime analyzing ethical issues, and the "Euthyphro" finds him outside the court-house, still debating the nature of piety with an arrogant acquaintance. "The Apology" is both a robust rebuttal to the charges of impiety and corrupting young minds and a definitive defence of the philosopher's life. Later, condemned and imprisoned in the "Crito", Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape. And finally, in the "Phaedo", Plato shows him calmly confident in the face of death, skilfully arguing the case for the immortality of the soul. Such works, as Harold Tarrant explains in his introduction to this revised edition, are no longer regarded by scholars as direct transcriptions of real events.

About the Author:

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 Athenian Academy, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and the prototype 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 014044582X
• ISBN 13: 9780140445824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Tarrant Harold