Download or read book CliffsNotes on Plato s Dialogues Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo written by Charles H Patterson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007-08-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These four dialogues cover time surrounding the execution of Socrates. As he was charged, tried, and condemned to death, the four dialogues stand as final testaments to his credo of virtue. These are texts that have shaped thousands of years of thought on the meaning of life and personal conduct.
Download or read book Four Dialogues written by Plato and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in this volume are "Euthyphro," "Apology," "Crito," and the Death Scene from "Phaedo." Translated by F.J. Church. Revisions and Introduction by Robert D. Cumming.
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Download or read book The Trials of Socrates written by C. D. C. Reeve and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and expertly annotated collection of the classic accounts of Socrates left by Plato, Aristophanes, and Xenophon features new translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from Phaedo by C. D. C. Reeve, Peter Meineck's translation of Clouds, and James Doyle's translation of Apology of Socrates.
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