The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues
by PlatoFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-02-05
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary
Among the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought:Euthyphro,exploring the concepts and aims of piety and religion;Apology,a defense of the integrity of Socrates' teachings;Crito,exploring Socrates' refusal to flee his death sentence; andPhaedo,in which Socrates embraces death and discusses the immortality of the soul.
Author Biography
Plato ranks among the most familiar ancient philosophers, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle. In addition to writing philosophical dialogues — used to teach logic, ethics, rhetoric, religion, and mathematics as well as philosophy — he founded Athens' Academy, the Western world's first institution of higher learning.
Table of Contents
| Euthyphro | p. 1 |
| Apology | p. 19 |
| Crito | p. 43 |
| Phaedo | p. 55 |
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