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Book The Trial of Sokrates  from the Athenian Point of View

Download or read book The Trial of Sokrates from the Athenian Point of View written by Mogens Herman Hansen and published by Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. This book was released on 1995 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Trial of Socrates

Download or read book The Trial of Socrates written by I. F. Stone and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The New York Times called this national best-seller an "intellectual thriller."

Book The Trial and Death of Socrates

Download or read book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trial and Death of Socrates includes the four Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo.

Book Socrates on Trial

    Book Details:
  • Author : A. D. Irvine
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2008-01-01
  • ISBN : 0802095380
  • Pages : 145 pages

Download or read book Socrates on Trial written by A. D. Irvine and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 2,400 years after his death, Socrates remains an iconic but controversial figure. To his followers, he personified progressive Greek ideals of justice and wisdom. To his detractors, he was a corruptor of the young during wartime and one of the reasons Athens had suffered a humiliating defeat to Sparta in 404 BC. Socrates' story is one of historic proportions and his unyielding pursuit of truth remains controversial and relevant to the present day. Socrates on Trial presents the story of Socrates as told to us by Aristophanes, Plato, Xenophon, and others. The play uses fresh language to emphasize what is important in the works of these ancient authors, while at the same time remaining faithful to the general tenor and tone of their writings. Andrew Irvine has created a script that not only fits comfortably into the space of a single theatrical performance, but is also informative and entertaining. Suited for informal dramatic readings as well as regular theatrical performances, Socrates on Trial will undoubtedly appeal to instructors and students, and its informative introduction enhances its value as a resource. Complete with production and classroom notes, this modern recasting of the Socrates story will make riveting reading both inside and outside the classroom.

Book Socrates on Trial

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas C. Brickhouse
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 0198239386
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Socrates on Trial written by Thomas C. Brickhouse and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1990 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates argues that Plato's Socrates offers a sincere defence against the charges he faces. In doing so the book offers an exhaustive historical and philosophical interpretation of and commentary on the text.

Book Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice

Download or read book Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice written by Paul Cartledge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, in this book Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to the early Roman Empire. Of concern throughout are three major issues: first, the relationship of political thought and practice; second, the relevance of class and status to explaining political behaviour and thinking; third, democracy - its invention, development and expansion, and extinction, prior to its recent resuscitation and even apotheosis. In addition, monarchy in various forms and at different periods and the peculiar political structures of Sparta are treated in detail over a chronological range extending from Homer to Plutarch. The book provides an introduction to the topic for all students and non-specialists who appreciate the continued relevance of ancient Greece to political theory and practice today.

Book Socrates Against Athens

Download or read book Socrates Against Athens written by James A. Colaiaco and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an essential companion to Plato's Apology and Crito, Socrates Against Athens provides valuable historical and cultural context to our understanding of the trial.

Book Classics in Progress

    Book Details:
  • Author : T. P. Wiseman
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2006-01-26
  • ISBN : 9780197263235
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book Classics in Progress written by T. P. Wiseman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-26 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of Greco-Roman civilisation is as exciting and innovative today as it has ever been. This intriguing collection of essays by contemporary classicists reveals new discoveries, new interpretations and new ways of exploring the experiences of the ancient world. Through one and a half millennia of literature, politics, philosophy, law, religion and art, the classical world formed the origin of western culture and thought. This book emphasises the many ways in which it continues to engage with contemporary life. Offering a wide variety of authorial style, the chapters range in subject matter from contemporary poets' exploitation of Greek and Latin authors, via newly discovered literary texts and art works, to modern arguments about ancient democracy and slavery, and close readings of the great poets and philosophers of antiquity. This engaging book reflects the current rejuvenation of classical studies and will fascinate anyone with an interest in western history.

Book The Apology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Xenophon
  • Publisher : The Floating Press
  • Release : 2014-05-01
  • ISBN : 1776535014
  • Pages : 21 pages

Download or read book The Apology written by Xenophon and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest and most influential thinkers in human history, Greek philosopher Socrates was ultimately sentenced to death after being convicted of impiety and corrupting the minds of Athens' youth. However, rather than shirking his death sentence, Socrates emphatically embraced it. In The Apology, Socrates' student Xenophon explains why his prominent teacher chose what some would consider an ignominious end.

Book Plato s Trial and Death of Socrates

Download or read book Plato s Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trial and Death of Socrates, by Plato, is a timeless piece dealing with themes that are applicable to the generations of then, now and those to come. Written in the classic, observant, style of Plato, the book is a compilation of four dialogues that the main character, Socrates, engages in at various times with different people. Each dialogue is didactic in style and although they don't always end conclusively, they do provoke one to reflect upon that which is discussed. Throughout the book Socrates deals with such subjects as pious versus the impious, wise versus the unwise, and just versus the unjust. The book is set in Athens, in the year 399 B.C.E., and is written so that each section revolves around Socrates' trial as described in the section entitled "The Apology". The book focuses much attention on the trial in which Socrates is being tried for corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods recognized by the state. Aside from the philosophical side of Socrates, the reader is also introduced to his family and friends, thus observing the person who Socrates really was. Many readers are introduced to various sections of this book at some point in their education, yet those who never read the entire book miss altogether the importance of the relationships that Socrates has with others. It is through study of these relationships that the reader begins to view Socrates as a real human and develop a sympathetic connection with him. While the conversations are occasionally difficult to follow, the thoughts and philosophies of Socrates are profound and worth the invested time to understand. Each debate that Socrates partakes in introduces to the reader a new piece of knowledge or moral question to ponder. It is through the answers to these questions that the reader reaps the true benefit of tackling The Trial and Death of Socrates. Wisdom gained is worth more than the time invested.

Book The Apology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Xenophon
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-05-28
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 31 pages

Download or read book The Apology written by Xenophon and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apology is a Socratic dialogue written by the philosopher Xenophon. It consists of the speech of legal self-defense which Socrates stated at his prosecution for impiety and corruption of the youth in 399 BC.

Book Why Socrates Died

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robin Waterfield
  • Publisher : Emblem Editions
  • Release : 2010-05-04
  • ISBN : 0771088639
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Why Socrates Died written by Robin Waterfield and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization — one with great resonance for modern society In the spring of 399 BCE, the elderly philosopher Socrates stood trial in his native Athens. The court was packed, and after being found guilty by his peers, Socrates died by drinking a cup of poison hemlock, his execution a defining moment in ancient civilization. Yet time has transmuted the facts into a fable. Aware of these myths, Robin Waterfield has examined the actual Greek sources, presenting a new Socrates, not an atheist or guru of a weird sect, but a deeply moral thinker, whose convictions stood in stark relief to those of his former disciple, Alcibiades, the hawkish and self-serving military leader. Refusing to surrender his beliefs even in the face of death, Socrates, as Waterfield reveals, was determined to save a morally decayed country that was tearing itself apart. Why Socrates Died is then not only a powerful revisionist book, but a work whose insights translate clearly from ancient Athens to the present day.

Book The Trial of Socrates

    Book Details:
  • Author : Isidor F. Stone
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Trial of Socrates written by Isidor F. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Trial and Death of Socrates

Download or read book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Socrates and the Athenians

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Bleckly
  • Publisher : London, K. Paul, Trench & Company
  • Release : 1884
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Socrates and the Athenians written by Henry Bleckly and published by London, K. Paul, Trench & Company. This book was released on 1884 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Trial and Death of Socrates

Download or read book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trial and Death of Socrates is the ideal compendium for a person wanting to learn more about the enigmatic and towering figure of Socrates--the philosopher who has most shaped the western world. This volume contains Euthyphro, The Apology of Socrates, Crito and Phædo. They follow the life, teaching and death of Socrates. These clear English translations make the timeless classics relevant.

Book The Trials of Socrates

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. D. C. Reeve
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • Release : 2002-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780872205895
  • Pages : 200 pages

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.