Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy: The Trial and Death of Socrates : Four Dialogues (Paperback)

from David.Alfred.Sarkies

While I have written commentaries on collections before I have since tried to steer away from doing that to instead write about the individual pieces contained therein. Okay, in one way it does hel...

from datrappert

This is the classic tale of Socrates facing execution, told by his student Plato. If it really happened this way, it does make Socrates a remarkable man (except in his treatment of his wife in the ...

from Borg-mx5

Some people suggest that Socrates never existed, that he was just an invention of Plato. I disagree. There is personality in Socrates, he is not just a teacher, he comes across in Plato's writings ...

from Lukerik

A really nice edition with a clear, readable translation and sensible notes. There are a number of ways 'in' to Plato and this is one of them. You have an introduction to the character and biograph...

from Michael_Rose

This is one of those books that helps teach you how to think, not what to think. It also demonstrates that knowledge and inquiry are considered subversive by the dull, and that free thought can car...