Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito : Critical Essays.
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Author / Creator: | Kamtekar, Rachana. |
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Imprint: | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004. |
Description: | 1 online resource (285 pages). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Critical Essays on the Classics Series Critical Essays on the Classics Series. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11203089 |
Summary: | Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by leading classical philosophers, investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the significance of Plato's characters, Socrates's revolutionary religious ideas, and the relationship between historical events and Plato's texts. Readers will find their appreciation of Plato's works greatly enriched by these essays. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (285 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781461640943 1461640946 0742533255 9780742533257 1299795218 9781299795211 |