Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, Crito

Name: Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, Crito
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ISBN: 9780192838643

ISBN-10: 0192838644

ISBN-13: 9780192838643

Edition: 1999

Authors: Plato, David Gallop, David Gallop

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These new translations present Plato's remarkable dramatization of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young. The Euthyphro, Defence of Socrates, and Crito form a dramatic and thematic sequence, raising fundamental questions about the basis of moral, religious, legal, and political obligation. Plato explores these issues with a freshness and directness that have never been surpassed. In the Defence of Socrates, Plato seeks not only to clear his master's name, but also to defend the whole Socratic way of life, and therefore philosophy itself. The result is an oratorical masterpiece. The Euthyphro, an inquiry into the…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.308
Language: English

David Gallop is Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Trent University