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Author Plato.

Title The last days of Socrates : Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo / Plato ; translated with introductions and notes by Christopher Rowe.

Imprint London ; New York : Penguin Books, ©2010.

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 Granby, Main Library - Adult  184 PLA    Check Shelf
Description xxxiv, 211 pages ; 20 cm.
Series Penguin classics
Penguin classics.
Note Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxviii-xxxii).
Contents Euthyphro -- Apology -- Crito -- Phaedo.
Summary Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BCE) is one of the most significant moments in western literature and philosophy. In these four works Plato illustrates Socrates' fundamental belief in the necessity for us to èxamine ourselves and others', portraying the man himself living and dying by his philosophy. In Euthyphro, Socrates debates the nature of pìety'; in Apology, he defends himself in court against the charge of impiety; in Crito, now in prison and awaiting execution, he considers whether escape can be justified; finally, in Phaedo, he reflects on the ethics of suicide, describes his intellectual history, and mounts a series of arguments for supposing that we continue to exist as intelligent beings after death. Then, after a magnificent description of the earth and its regions, he drinks the hemlock and dies.
Language Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Subject Socrates.
Socrates -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Socrates -- Death and burial.
Socrates. (OCoLC)fst00035600
Socrates -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Socrates -- Death and burial.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst01060860
Philosophy, Ancient.
Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Nonfiction.
Trial and arbitral proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01774319
Trials, litigation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423712
Added Author Rowe, C. J.
Plato. Euthyphro. English.
Plato. Apology. English.
Plato. Crito. English.
Plato. Phaedo. English.
Added Title Dialogues. English. Selections
ISBN 9780140455496 (pbk.)
0140455493 (pbk.)
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