Trial and Execution of Socrates

Sources and Controversies

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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This is the first work to collect in one place all the ancient sources on Socrates' death as well as recent scholarly views. Outside of the Republic, the most widely read of Plato's dialogues are the three that cover the trial of Socrates: the Euthyphro, the Apology, and the Crito. This collection includes these three dialogues, the death scenes from the Phaedo, and all the other major ancient sources that shed light on Socrates' trial and execution. The editors have also included the best recent scholarship on this philosophically and historically momentous event.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-12-27
Vikt:523 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN:9780195119800

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This is a useful addition to the books on Socrates' trial and death, including new translations of the major sources which students will find helpful ... This is a worthwhile addition to the library, providing access to some less well-known material in a convenient form, and with suitable guidance can be used effectively by able students. The Journal of Classics Teaching The book is aimed squarely at undergraduates studying Socrates, whether from a historical or philosophical perspective, though it will be of use to anyone looking at the issues surrounding the trial of Socrates, and can be recommended to support A-level study, particularly for the helpful gathering of a variety of sources more often referred to dismissively in footnotes than given in full. The Journal of Classics Teaching

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Preface Introduction PART I: ORIGINAL SOURCES 1. ARISTOPHANES Clouds ll. 358-407, 476-492, 627-680, 723-756, 825-830: 2. PLATO Euthyphro (complete): Apology of Socrates (complete): Crito (complete): Phaedo (death scene: 116a-118a): 3. XENOPHON Apology of Socrates (complete): Memorabilia 1.1.1-1.2.39, 1.2.47-1.3.15, 4.7.1-4.8.11: 4. DIOGENES LAERTIUS On the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Persons in Philosophy. 2.18, 24, 29, 37-43: 5. MINOR SOURCES Aeschines of Sphettus (fragment 1K from Publius Aelius Aristides) Isocrates, Busiris 11.4-6 Aeschines (Rhetor), Oratio 1.173 Aristotle, The Art of Rhetoric 2.10.1393b4-8; Metaphysics A.1.6.987b1-4 Diodorus Siculus, Book IV, 37.7 Dio Chrysostum, 43.8-10 Maximus of Tyre, Oration 3.1-8 6. LIBANIUS Apology of Socrates 1, 13, 15-16, 22, 33, 48, 53, 59, 103-106, 110-112, 136, 142, 153-154, 168, 170, 172, 174-175: PART II: RECENT SCHOLARSHIP 7. WHY WAS SOCRATES PROSECUTED? . M.F. Burnyeat, "The Impiety of Socrates" Robert Parker, "The Trial of Socrates: And a Religious Crisis?" Mark L. McPherran, "Does Piety Pay? Socrates on Prayer and Sacrifice" Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith, from Plato's Socrates 8. SOCRATES AND OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW Richard Kraut, from Socrates and the State Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith, from Plato's Socrates 9. DID PLATO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEATH OF SOCRATES? Christopher Gill, "The Death of Socrates" Enid Bloch, "Hemlock Poisoning and the Death of Socrates: Did Plato Tell the Truth? Works Cited