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The last days of Socrates / Plato ; translated and with an introd. by Hugh Tredennick.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: Harmondsworth ; Baltimore : Penguin Books, 1969, c1959.Description: 199, [1] p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0140440372 (pbk.)
  • 9780140440379 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. English. 1969
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 184 20
LOC classification:
  • B358 .T7 1969
Contents:
Euthyphro --- The apology --- Crito --- Phaedo.
Summary: Toward the end of The Apology, Socrates makes a statement that resonates even with those who have never read Plato: "I tell you that ... examining both myself and others is really the very best thing that a man can do, and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living" (p. 63). The Apology, Euthyphro, Crito, and Phaedo, which depict Socrates' activities just prior to his trial until his death, hold a central place among the works of Plato. They sum up the philosophical career of Socrates, protagonist of most of the Platonic dialogues. But this summing up does not imply the end of the examinations Socrates pursued. On the contrary, during his last days, Socrates rigorously continued the kind of inquiries he had pursued all his life, even at the risk of execution, and he enjoined his companions to continue them when he was gone. -- Publisher description.
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Books Books AUR Library 184 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001218

"This translation first published 1954 ... New edition, with additions, 1959 ... Reprinted with revisions, 1969"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]).

Euthyphro --- The apology --- Crito --- Phaedo.

Toward the end of The Apology, Socrates makes a statement that resonates even with those who have never read Plato: "I tell you that ... examining both myself and others is really the very best thing that a man can do, and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living" (p. 63). The Apology, Euthyphro, Crito, and Phaedo, which depict Socrates' activities just prior to his trial until his death, hold a central place among the works of Plato. They sum up the philosophical career of Socrates, protagonist of most of the Platonic dialogues. But this summing up does not imply the end of the examinations Socrates pursued. On the contrary, during his last days, Socrates rigorously continued the kind of inquiries he had pursued all his life, even at the risk of execution, and he enjoined his companions to continue them when he was gone. -- Publisher description.

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