Four texts on Socrates: Plato's euthyphro, apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' clouds
The book contains four well-known works that present thought and way of life of Socrates as they emerge in explicit confrontation with the life of the political community of Athens. The Platonic dialogues Euthypro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito center upon Socrates' trial and condemnation - he...
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Ithaca, New York
Cornell Univ. Press
1984
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ |
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| Sumari: | The book contains four well-known works that present thought and way of life of Socrates as they emerge in explicit confrontation with the life of the political community of Athens. The Platonic dialogues Euthypro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito center upon Socrates' trial and condemnation - he was charged with impiety and corupting the young - and upon his speeches and deeds during that crisis. Aristophanes' Clouds puts forward in comic form a profound critique of Socrates by a leading poet of the day. These writings therefore present not only the classic conflict of the city and man - Athens and Socrates - but also the classic quarrel of philosopher and poet - Socrates and Aristophanes |
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