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The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro/The Apology/Crito/Phaedo - Plato, and Tarrant, Harold (Introduction by), and Tredennick, Hugh (Translated by)
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Socrates spent a lifetime analyzing ethical issues, and the "Euthyphro" finds him outside the court-house, still debating the nature of piety with an arrogant acquaintance. "The Apology" is both a robust rebuttal to the charges of impiety and corrupting young minds and a definitive defence of the philosopher's life. Later, condemned and imprisoned in the "Crito", Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape. And finally, in the "Phaedo", Plato shows him calmly confident in the face of death, skilfully ...

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The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro/The Apology/Crito/Phaedo 1993, Penguin Group, London, England

ISBN-13: 9780140445824

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