The Last Days of Socrates
Plato author Harold Tarrant translator Hugh Tredennick translator Harold Tarrant editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:27th Mar '03
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£9.99(9780140455496)
Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo
'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'
The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these events through four dialogues, Plato also developed his own philosophy of a life guided by self-responsibility. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court-house, debating the nature of piety, while the Apology is his robust rebuttal of the charges against him. In the Crito, awaiting execution in prison, Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape. Finally, in the Phaedo, he is shown calmly confident in the face of death.
Translated by HUGH TREDENNICK and HAROLD TARRANT with an Introduction and notes by HAROLD TARRANT
ISBN: 9780140449280
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 227g
304 pages