The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro / The Apology / Crito / Phaedo by Plato, Harold Tarrant

The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro / The Apology / Crito / Phaedo

Plato, Harold Tarrant with Hugh Tredennick (Translator)

237 pages first pub -400 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
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The trial and death of Socrates (469-399 BC) have almost as central a place in Western consciousness as the trial and death of Jesus. In four superb 'dialogues', Plato provided the classic account. Socrates spent a lifetime analysing ethical issue...

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reflective 82%
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