1st Edition
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of Socrates
312 Pages
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Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
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Routledge
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Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro , Apology of Socrates , Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas. In this GuideBook , Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanations of... Read more
Texts and Translations, Acknowledgments, List of Abbreviations, Introduction, 1 The Euthyphro, 2 The Apology of Socrates, 3 The Crito, 4 The death scene from the Phaedo, Bibliography, Index of Passages, General Index
Biography
Thomas Brickhouse is professor of Philosophy at Lynchburg College, USA. He is author of Socrates on Trial (OUP), Plato's Socrates (OUP) and Socrates the Philosopher (Westview).
Nicholas Smith is professor of Philosophy at Lewis and Clark College, USA. He is author of many books on Plato and editor of Plato's Socrates with Thomas Brickhouse.
‘Brickhouse and Smith write as clearly and directly as possible…the authors’ discussion of the historical and dramatic context for each dialogue is masterful’. George Rudebusch, Mind
