The Trial and Death of Socrates (Hardcover)
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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Hardcover)
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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 help to bump up the number of books on my shelf, but then again that is somewhat irrelevant (It's not a...
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 last days!)
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 as a personality. I find his last days, to be the most human. Socrates arguing as he always did, onl...
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 biography of Socrates, as well as his Method, but you're eased in gently and the heavy philosophy doesn't we...
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 carry severe consequences (though it is always still worth it).
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