Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito : Critical Essays.

By:

Kamtekar, Rachana

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TextSeries: Critical Essays on the Classics SeriesPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781461640943
1461640946
0742533255
9780742533257
1299795218
9781299795211

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito : Critical Essays.DDC classification:

183.2 183/.2

LOC classification:

B370 .P53 2005

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Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Justice and Pollution in the Euthyphro Mark L. McPherran; 2 Plato's Euthyphro: An Analysis and Commentary P.T. Geach; 3 Socrates on the Definition of Piety: Euthyphro 10A-11B S. Marc Cohen; 4 Socratic Piety Gregory Vlastos; 5 Plato's Apology of Socrates E. de Strycker and S.R. Slings; 6 On the Alleged Historical Reliability of Plato's Apology Donald Morrison; 7 Was Socrates against Democracy? T.H. Irwin; 8 The Impiety of Socrates M.F. Burnyeat.

9 Socrates and Obedience to the Law Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith10 Dokimasia, Satisfaction, and Agreement Richard Kraut; 11 The Interpretation of Plato's Crito David Bostock; 12 Conflicting Values in Plato's Crito Verity Harte; About the Editor; About the Contributors.

Summary: Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito 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.

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Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito 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.